TREASURY  DEPARTMENT 


REPORT 

of 


ESSITT  OF  CALF" 


L  I  B  R  A  F 


National  Woman's  Liberty 
Loan  Committee 

for  the 

FOURTH  LIBERTY  LOAN  CAMPAIGN 
SEPTEMBER  28™  TO  OCTOBER  19ra 

1918 


WASHINGTON 
1918 


REPORT  OF  NATIONAL  WOMAN'S  LIBERTY  LOAN  COMMITTEE 


TAKEN  FROM  THE  REPORT  OF  THE  SECRETARY  OF  THE  TREASURY 
FOR  THE  YEAR  1918 

The  National  Roman's  Liberty  Loan  Committee 

One  of  the  most  notable  factors  in  the  success  of  the  Liberty  loans  has  been  the  work  of  the 
women  of  the  United  States.  It  was  with  the  belief  that  the  women  of  the  Nation  would  con- 
stitute a  powerful  moral  force  in  war  finance  that  the  National  Woman's  Liberty  Loan  Com- 
mittee was  appointed  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  in  May,  1917.  That  they,  working 
through  the  organization  effected  by  this  agency,  have  not  only  accomplished  this  purpose  but 
have  also  become  an  essential  element  in  the  actual  labors  of  promoting  the  loans  constitutes 
one  of  the  most  interesting  chapters  in  the  financing  of  the  war.  There  is  probably  no  war  service 
in  which  so  many  women  have  taken  more  active  part  than  in  the  raising  of  money  to  pay  our 
war  burden.  To  their  energy,  their  enthusiasm,  their  zeal,  and  their  vision  is  due  a  great  part 
of  the  success  of  the  Liberty  loans. 

When  the  United  States  went  into  war  with  Germany  the  business  of  bond  selling  was  a 
field  so  new  to  women  that  all  work  within  it  has  been  genuine  pioneering.  The  organization 
of  women  for  the  task  has  been  the  work  of  the  National  Woman's  Liberty  Loan  Committee, 
which  has  served  in  co-operation  with  the  Treasury's  war-loan  organization.  The  members  of 
this  committee,  serving  as  volunteers,  have  performed  the  work  of  enlisting  more  than  a  half 
million  women  as  sellers  of  Liberty  bonds. 

The  first  labors  of  the  members  of  the  committee,  after  the  closing  of  the  first  Liberty  loan 
where  their  work  had  been  general  publicity  of  war  finance  among  women,  were  concerned  with 
the  adjustment  of  established  organizations  of  women  throughout  the  country  to  the  established 
machinery  for  the  raising  of  the  loans.  Where  organization  existed,  the  women  of  the  Nation 
were  organized  by  States,  while  the  Treasury's  loan  organization  was  based  upon  the  twelve 
fiscal  divisions  of  the  United  States.  It  was  the  problem  of  the  committee  to  correlate  the  two 
schemes  of  organization.  They  solved  it  by  the  appointment  of  both  State  and  Federal  Reserve 
chairmen,  the  former  responsible  for  actual  organization  of  women  in  their  respective  States, 
the  latter  serving  as  the  representatives  of  the  women  in  dealing  with  the  Liberty  loan  committees 
of  the  respective  Federal  reserve  districts.  Liberty  loan  committees  elected  the  women  Federal 
reserve  chairmen  members  of  their  executive  committees. 

In  this  organization  during  the  second  Liberty  loan  60,000  women  became  sellers  of  bonds. 
Reports  of  the  women  State  chairmen,  and  of  the  executive  committees  of  the  Federal  reserve 
districts,  indicate  that  the  woman's  organization  obtained  subscriptions  for  $1,000,000,000  of 
the  second  loan.  In  the  third  loan  500,000  women  were  enrolled  as  members  of  the  organization, 
which  had  a  woman  chairman  in  almost  every  county  of  the  United  States  and  township  officers 
in  almost  every  township.  In  the  third  loan  the  women  were  again  credited  with  having  been 
the  selling  agents  of  more  than  a  billion  dollars  in  bonds.  In  the  fourth  loan  between  seven  and 
eight  hundred  thousand  women  served,  but  it  is  not  possible  at  this  time  to  make  an  estimate 
of  the  amount  of  bond  sales  attributable  to  the  woman's  organzation. 

No  mere  recital  of  results  achieved  can  show  the  extent  of  the  service  which  women  have 
given  to  the  Nation  through  their  participation  in  war  finance.  That  hundreds  of  thousands 
of  women  assumed  the  burden  of  a  new  kind  of  labor,  not  for  themseves  but  for  their  country, 
is  one  of  the  most  striking  and  characteristic  facts  in  relation  to  the  women  of  America  that  the 
war  has  developed.  The  Liberty  loans  have  afforded  a  new  proving  ground  where  the  women 
of  the  Nation  have  accepted  the  opportunity  to  demostrate  again  their  patriotism,  their  ability 
their  consciousness  of  the  obligations  of  citizenship,  and  their  steadfastness  of  soul  in  the  great 
and  terrible  crisis  which  our  country  has  met. 

What  American  Women  Have  Done  for 
the  Liberty  Loans 

By  WILLIAM  G.  McADOo,  Secretary  of  the  Treasury 

The  women  of  America  have  demonstrated  extraordinary  power  and  capacity  in  connection 

with  the  financial  operations  of  the  Government.    Their  work  has  been  of  the  highest  value. 

The  National  Woman's  Liberty  Loan  Committee  has  brought  into  existence  an  organization 

of  women  throughout  the  country  which  is  one  of  the  most  important  factors  in  the  success  of 

Liberty  Loans. 

I  am  deeply  grateful  for  the  splendid  support  American  women  have  given  to  the  Treasury 
and  to  all  war  activities.  The  increasing  demands  of  the  war  will  make  their  work  more  and 
more  important.  Their  continued  enthusiastic  and  spirited  co-operation  strengthens  my 
confidence  in  the  success  of  the  Treasury's  future  financial  undertakings. 

(Signed)  W.  G.  McADOO 
The  above  letter  appeared  in  the  Pictorial  Review  for  November,  1918. 


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Members  of  the  National  IF  Oman's  Liberty 
Loan  Committee 

FOURTH  LIBERTY  LOAN 

MRS.  WILLIAM  G.  McAooo,  Chairman  MRS.  KELLOGG  FAIRBANK 

MRS.  ANTOINETTE  FUNK,  Vice  Chairman  MRS.  GEORGE  THACHER  GUERNSEY 

MRS.  GEORGE  BASS,  Secretary  MRS.  F.  L.  HIGGINSON 

Miss  MARY  SYNON,  Treasurer  MRS.  J.  O.  MILLER 

MRS.  A.  S.  BALDWIN  MRS.  FRANK  A.  VANDERLIP 

MRS.  GUILFORD  DUDLEY  *MRS.  ELLA  FLAGG  YOUNG 

*Died  October  26th,  1918 


THE  National   Woman's  Liberty  Loan  Committee  has  sustained  a  great  and 
lasting  loss  in  the  death  of  a  valued  member, Mrs.  Ella  Flagg  Young. 

Mrs.  Young  was  a  woman  of  distinguished  reputation  for  a  lifetime  of  im- 
portant public  service,  of  an  age  when  she  might,  with  honor,  have  allowed  war 
work  to  proceed  without  her,  yet,  when  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  appointed  her 
a  member  of  the  National  Woman's  Liberty  Loan  Committee  she  responded  with 
enthusiasm. 

Her  contribution  to  this  work  was  mainly  through  the  channels  of  Loan  publicity. 
She  made  the  United  States  Treasury  her  office,  and  the  service  she  rendered,  although 
necessarily  anonymous,  is  written  into  practically  every  important  piece  of  literature 
sent  out  during  the  war,  and  into  the  various  public  documents  of  the  secretaries. 

When  the  necessity  arose  for  members  of  the  National  Woman's  Liberty  Loan 
Committee  to  go  about  the  country  on  speaking  tours,  and  to  attend  Liberty 
Loan  State  Conferences,  Mrs.  Young  made  no  plea  of  disability  or  age.  In  the 
Fourth  Campaign  she  undertook  the  severe  strain  of  a  far  Western  circuit,  where, 
owing  to  the  epidemic,  mass  meetings  were  largely  held  out  of  doors.  In  October, 
in  Idaho,  she  filled  the  last  engagement  of  this  kind,  although  at  the  time  she  her- 
self was  suffering  from  the  influenza.  Pneumonia  followed,  and  in  Washington, 
on  October  26th,  Ella  Flagg  Young  died,  as  truly  an  offering  on  the  altar  of  her 
country  as  any  youth  who  gave  his  life  in  France. 

She  was  buried  in  Chicago,  and  at  the  request  of  Secretary  McAdoo,  the  Treasury 
Department  was  officially  represented  at  her  funeral. 

To  the  country  at  large  Mrs.  Young  stood  for  all  that  was  fine  and  progressive 
in  modern  life;  to  the  members  of  the  Committee  with  whom  she  worked  during 
the  last  eighteen  months  of  her  life  she  came  to  mean  this,  and  something  much  more 
intimate.  None  of  them  will  ever  forget  her  caustic  wit,  her  clear-sighted  grasp 
of  the  essential,  and  her  kindly  understanding  of  human  nature;  in  their  work  in 
preparation  for  the  coming  Campaign  they  will  miss  the  stimulus  of  her  companion- 
ship, and  the  advantage  of  her  wise  council. 


The  National  Woman's  Liberty  Loan  Committee  regrets  that  owing  to  the  cost  of  paper 
and  printing,  it  is  impossible  to  list  every  woman  enrolled  on  County,  City  or  Township  Com- 
mittees in  the  United  States.  The  National  Committee  appreciates  that  the  marvelous  success 
attending  the  work  of  the  Woman's  Committee  is  largely  due  to  the  loyalty  and  perseverance  of 
these  unmentioned  women,  and  that  it  is  impossible  to  over-praise  their  devoted  efforts. 

It  has  been  told  of  Gladstone,  that  while  he  was  Chancellor  of  Exchequer,  he  became  so 
affected  on  reading  to  Parliament  a  report  consisting  entirely  of  figures,  that  tears  were  seen  to  be 
streaming  down  his  face.  The  figures  were  no  longer  mere  figures  to  him,  because  he  knew  they 
represented  the  self-sacrifice  of  a  nation,  and  thus  became  symbols  of  patriotism  and  devotion. 

The  figures  representing  the  work  of  the  women  of  the  United  States  for  the  Fourth  Liberty 
Loan  contain  a  similar  appeal.  This  work  was  done  at  a  time  when  many  households  were  facing 
illness  and  death  from  the  epidemic  of  influenza.  Many  of  our  workers  were  actively  engaged 
in  nursing.  More  women  than  ever  before  were  doing  their  own  house  work.  The  casualty  lists 
from  Europe  struck  home  to  the  hearts  of  many  of  our  chairmen.  Financial  returns  are  astonish- 
ingly gratifying,  but  the  real  contribution  of  our  women  goes  too  deep  to  be  expressed  in  the 
number  or  the  value  of  the  Bonds  sold,  for  the  burden  was  borne  by  saddened  hearts  as  well  as 
weary  shoulders.  Thus,  through  sacrifice  have  the  women  working  for  the  success  of  the  Liberty 
Loans  won  the  right  to  share  in  welcoming  the  peace  which  is  to  bless  a  War  Weary  World. 


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Federal  Reserve  District  Chairmen  for  the  Fourth 
Liberty  Loan  Campaign 

First  District  Seventh  District 

Mrs.  F.  L.  Higginson  Boston  Miss  Grace  Dixon,  Chicago 

Second  District  Eighth  District 

Mrs.  John  Pratt,  New  York  City  Miss  Florence  J.  Wade,  St.  Louis 

Third  District  Ninth  District 

Mrs.  Henry  D.  Jump,  Philadelphia  Mrs.  C.  A.  Severance,  St.  Paul 

Fourth  District  Tenth  District 

Mrs.  Frank  Mulhauser,  Cleveland  Mrs.  Geo.  W.  Fuller,  Kansas  City 

Fifth  District  Eleventh  District 

Mrs.  George  J.  Seay,  Richmond  Mrs.  E.  B.  Reppert,  Dallas 

Sixth  District  Twelfth  District 

Mrs.  Samuel  Lumpkin,  Atlanta  Mrs.  A.  S.  Baldwin,  San  Francisco 

Note.-         Fourth  Liberty  Loan  Financial  Report 

The  recording  of  the  amount  of  subscriptions  taken  by  the  Women's  committees  in  the 
various  states  becomes  in  each  campaign  an  increasingly  complicated  matter  as  the  idiosyn- 
crasies of  different  localities  emphasize  themselves. 

In  the  following  report  of  the  Fourth  Campaign  those  states  are  indicated  where  no  cor- 
poration subscriptions  were  taken  by  the  Woman's  Committee,  as  this  division  of  the  field 
necessarily  limits  the  amount  of  money  possible  for  the  women  to  raise.  States  where  the 
Voluntary  Subscription  or  Allotment  Plans  are  adopted  are  also  indicated.  Throughout  the 
Middle  West  these  plans  have  been  followed  sometimes  by  an  entire  state  and  sometimes  by 
sporadic  counties. 
Voluntary  Subscription  Plan: 

In  counties  organized  under  this  plan  all  bonds  sold  are  disposed  of  in  the  early  days  of 
the  drive,  generally  on  the  first  or  second  day.  Intensive  organization  and  propaganda  are 
employed  for  a  fortnight  beforehand,  both  men  and  women  taking  part  in  this  work.  When 
the  sale  begins  booths  are  opened  at  stated  places  where  the  people  of  the  county  may  come  to 
make  their  Voluntary  Subscription,  and  no  bonds  are  sold  by  solicitation. 
Individual  Allotment  Plan: 

In  counties  organized  under  this  plan  a  Committee  is  formed  which  determines  the  amount 
of  money  to  be  subscribed  to  Liberty  Bonds  by  each  resident  of  the  county.  Cards  are  dis- 
tributed asking  for  individual  information  on  size  of  income,  amount  subscribed  to  other  loans 
indebtedness,  financial  obligations,  etc.  When  this  information  is  compiled,  notices  are  sent 
out  informing  each  resident  of  the  county  the  amount  he  is  expected  to  subscribe  in  the  coming 
issue.  He  is  given  an  opportunity  to  protest  this  amount  if  it  seems  to  him  unfair.  There  is  a 
large  amount  of  clerical  work  in  connection  with  this  method  of  selling  the  Liberty  Loan,  which 
women  and  men  share:  in  those  states  following  this  plan  no  Bonds  are  sold  by  solicitation. 

As  no  Bonds  are  sold  by  solicitation  under  either  of  the  above  methods,  it  is,  of  course, 
impossible  for  the  Woman's  committee  to  make  a  financial  report  on  Bonds  sold  through  it. 
In  the  Seventh  and  Eighth  Districts  the  Liberty  Loan  Committee  of  the  Federal  Reserve  Bank 
requested  that  in  counties  where  either  of  these  plans  were  in  operation  the  women  report  as 
their  share  fifty  per  cent  of  the  amount  raised.  In  the  Ninth  District  the  Liberty  Loan  Com- 
mittee of  the  Federal  Reserve  Bank  asked  the  women  to  report  twenty-five  per  cent  as  their 
share.  In  the  Twelfth  District  fifty  per  cent  was  allowed  and  in  the  Tenth  District  fifty  per  cent. 

In  the  entire  Ninth  District  and  the  state  of  Iowa  the  women's  committees  have  reported  as 
above.  Where  a  state  is  not  organized  uniformly,  and  sporadic  counties  follow  either  of  these 
plans,  a  separate  record  has  been  kept  for  them,  the  other  counties  reporting  as  before  on  the 
amount  of  subscriptions  secured  through  the  women's  committees. 

In  some  cases  especial  mention  has  been  made  of  the  influenza  epidemic,  and  the  havoc 
it  wrought  in  campaign  plans.  It  should  be  remembered,  in  reading  the  following  report, 
that  this  scourge  was  general,  no  state  was  free  from  its  ravages  during  the  Fourth  Liberty  Loan 
Campaign. 

Another  statement  which  is  included  in  the  report  of  practically  every  State  Chairman  is 
that  the  relations  between  the  men's  and  women's  committees,  in  the  beginning  of  the  war  so 
often  bewildering,  and  sometimes  irritating,  were,  in  the  Fourth  Campaign,  of  a  most  satisfactory 
nature.  These  two  committees  in  the  same  field  have  proved  that  complete  co-operation  between 
men  and  women  may  be  both  harmonious  and  helpful,  and  either  one  would  be  loath  to  dispense 
with  the  services  of  the  other.  The  National  Woman's  Liberty  Loan  Committee,  rejoicing  in 
this  happy  state  of  affairs,  realizes  that  it  is  in  a  large  measure  due  to  the  tact  and  efficiency  of 


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its  Federal  Reserve  Chairmen,  who  represent  the  State  Chairmen  at  the  Federal  Reserve  Bank 
Liberty  Loan  Committee  meetings. 

An  important  development  of  the  woman's  campaign  was  an  emphasis  placed  on  Thrift  and 
Economy.  In  every  state  this  appeal  was  made  through  the  Woman's  Committee,  and  in 
several  a  carefully  planned  savings  campaign  was  conducted.  In  the  five  New  England^  states 
Tithing  Boxes  were  distributed  in  the  shape  of  cardboard  banks,  in  which  to  collect  coins  for 
the  first  payment  on  a  bond;  this  proved  a  successful  activity,  as  large  numbers  of  boxes  were 
turned  in. 

In  many  states  the  Woman's  Committee  determined  upon  a  musical  campaign,  through 
community  singing,  etc.  Although  the  epidemic  interfered,  this  form  of  emotional  appeal  was 
found  most  successful.  J.  A.  F. 

France 

Miss  CLARA  GREACEN,  Chairman.    Amount  Sold  320,100 

The  Woman's  Liberty  Loan  Committee  in  France  practically  limited  its  efforts  to  selling 
Bonds  to  American  women  in  France.  No  effort  was  made  to  perfect  an  organization:  the  Bonds 
were  sold  through  personal  solicitation  of  the  chairman. 

Alabama 

MRS.  SOLON  JACOBS,  Altamont  Road,  Birmingham,  State  Chairman 
MRS.  JOHN  D.  McNEEL,  Staif  Vice-Chairman 

STATE  QUOTA— Fourth  Liberty  Loan 330,000,000 

Amount  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 10,377,985 

Percentage  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 34J^% 

CITY  QUOTA— Birmingham— (Including  Jefferson  Co.) 39,289,750 

Amount  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 3,509,600 

Percentage  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 38% 

MRS.  ANGUS  M.  TAYLOR,  City  Chairman 
Gleanings  from  the  Campaign: 

Mrs  Jacobs  tells  one  of  the  most  inspiring  stories  of  the  soldier  quality  of  the  women  who 
are  working  for  the  United  States  in  the  Liberty  Loans.  "Two  women  from  one  of  the  back 
woods  counties  of  Alabama  came  to  the  state  conference.  They  could  not  read  or  write,  but 
within  their  souls  burned  the  fire  of  patriotism.  'There's  a  girl  in  our  county  who  can  read  and 
write  for  us,'  they  told  Mrs.  Jacobs,  'but  she  don't  know  people  the  way  we  do.  Give  us  the  county 
between  us,'  and  we'll  carry  it  over  the  top.  And  although  Alabama  was  in  the  throes  of  the 
epidemic  and  their  county  suffered  as  much  as  any  other,  the  two  of  them  carried  out  their 
promise." 

At  the  close  of  the  first  week  of  the  Campaign  all  meetings  were  discontinued  on  account  of 
the  epidemic,  and  the  Woman's  Committee  compiled  and  had  painted  several  "Voiceless  Speeches" 
which  were  turned  in  windows  and  kept  Liberty  Bonds  before  the  public. 

One  feature  especially  noted  was  the  response  of  the  Negro  women  of  the  state.  Reports 
reached  headquarters  from  almost  every  county  telling  the  same  story  of  patriotic  response. 
Attention  is  particularly  called  to  the  results  of  the  house-to-house  canvass  of  the  negro  women 
(among  their  own  race)  who  obtained  in  Bonds  of  small  denominations  324,600  from  working 
women  whose  daily  wage  was  at  the  lowest  scale. 

The  Press  Chairman  of  Alabama  reports  1854  inches  of  Woman's  Liberty  Loan  publicity 
in  newspapers  during  the  Fourth  Campaign,  estimated  value  at  31600. 

The  Woman's  Committee  made  use  of  a  house-to-house  canvass  Committee  in  Birmingham, 
known  as  the  Rainbow  Division,  which  turned  in  31>162,700.  37,250  was  raised  through  women's 
organizations,  393,000  from  business  women, — 31,065,000  from  corporations. 

Jefferson  County  reports  388,550  subscribed  through  Negro  Woman's  Committee. 

Alaska 

MRS.  T.  J.  DONOHUE,  Valdez,  State  Chairman 
Mrs.  Josephine  G.  Valentine,  Juneau,  1st  Division  Chairman 

Mrs.  R.  W.  J.  Reed,  Nome,  2nd  Division  Chairman 
Mrs.  H.  G.  Locke,  Anchorage,  3rd  Division  Chairman 
Mrs.  L.  K.  Pratt,  Fairbanks,  4th  Division  Chairman 

QUOTA— Fourth  Liberty  Loan 3  1,500,000 

Amount  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 53,450 

Percentage  raised  by  Woman's  Committee -03% 

Number  of  Subscriptions  through  Woman's  Committee 377 

The  full  quota  for  Alaska  was  subscribed  by  one  corporation.  Additional  subscriptions 
amounted  to  156%. 


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Arizona 

Miss  ALICE  M.  BIRDSALL,  421  Fleming  Bldg.,  Phoenix,  State  Chairman 

STATE  QUOTA— Fourth  Liberty  Loan $11,096,585 

Amount  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 5,422,250 

Percentage  raised  by  Woman's  Committee • 49% 

Gleanings  from  the  Campaign: 

All  subscriptions  were  taken  by  solicitation,  and  it  is  worthy  of  note  that  the  women  raised 

49%  of  the  state  quota. 

In  Gila  County,  Mrs.  Thomas  H.  Donahue,  Chairman,  with  a  quota  of  $922,000,  the  Woman's 

Committee  reported  31,386,650,  or  150%  of  the  County's  quota. 

Arkansas 

MRS.  C.  H.  BROUGH,  2107  Arch  Street,  Little  Rock,  State  Chairman 

STATE  QUOTA— Fourth  Liberty  Loan 324,000,000 

Amount  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 7,852,250 

Percentage  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 33% 

(Out  of  75  counties  in  the  state,  nine  counties  worked  on  a  percentage  basis,  being  allowed 

33J^%  in  some  counties  and  50%  in  others.    In  these  counties  the  women  worked  on  the  same 

committees  with  the  men  and  did  most  of  the  educational  work.) 

Number  of  Subscriptions  through  Woman's  Committee 24,624 

Number  of  350  Bonds 9,507 

Number  of  3100  Bonds 5,263 

Number  of  3500  Bonds 750 

Number  of  31000  Bonds 1,211 

Number  of  Bonds  not  itemized 7,993 

Gleanings  from  the  Campaign: 

The  women  of  Arkansas  placed  great  stress  on  house-to-house  canvass  in  cities,  towns  and 

in  rural  districts,  thus  reaching  many  small  subscribers.    In  the  cities  booths  were  also  kept  open. 
A  majority  of  counties  placed  majority  of  subscriptions  on  stated  Volunteer  days.     In 

Arkansas  the  Woman's  Committee  took  no  credit  for  money  so  subscribed. 


Califo 


\ijornia 

MRS.  E.  R.  BRAINERD,  Hotel  Alexandria,  Los  Angeles,  State  Chairman 

Miss  MARY  E.  FOY,  400  San  Rafael  Heights,  Pasadena,  State  Vice-Chairman 

MRS.  MURRAY  WARNER,  State  Vice-Chairman 

STATE  QUOTA— Fourth  Liberty  Loan 3272,093,350 

Amount  credited  to  Woman's  Committee 72,933,453 

Percentage  credited  to  Woman's  Committee 26% 

(No  corporation  subscriptions  taken  by  Woman's  Committee) 

In  10  out  of  58  counties  the  women  worked  on  a  percentage  basis,  being  credited  with  an 
average  of  46%  of  Bonds  sold.  In  these  counties  soliciting  was  done  by  teams  consisting  equally 
of  men  and  women.  Sun.  SECURED  PERCENT 

CITY  QUOTA  BY  WOMEN          OF  QUOTA  CHAIRMAN 

Oakland 313,320,350         36,730,575  43%      Mrs.  Ormsby 

San  Francisco. ..   107,876,500  6,000,000  5.5%      Mrs.  Latham  McMullen 

The  City  of  Los  Angeles,  Mrs.  J.  T.  Anderson,  Chairman,  leads  the  large  cities  of  the  country 
in  the  percentage  of  the  city  quota  raised  by  the  Woman's  Committee. 

CITY  QUOTA— Los  Angeles 342,938,900 

Amount  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 26,100,500 

Percentage  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 60% 

The  Woman's  Liberty  Loan  Committee  had  a  complete  precinct  organization  in  this  city. 
A  preparatory  survey,  of  the  precincts  had  been  made  and  lists  of  the  residents  made  out  with 
other  information  so  that,  as  the  sales  were  made,  the  Woman  chairman  could  check  up  and 
know  that  all  had  been  reached.  There  was  a  Precinct  Headquarters  in  each  Precinct  where  a 
list  was  kept  and  where  each  day  the  reports  were  handed  in  and  from  which  at  stated  times 
reports  were  sent  to  County  Headquarters  of  the  Woman's  Liberty  Loan  Committee.  There 
was  an  Industrial  Committee  to  canvass  all  business  houses,  manufacturing  establishments  and 
an  area  in  the  city  where  there  are  few  or  no  residences.  The  Woman's  Committee  insisted  that 
all  Bonds  sold  either  by  this  committee  or  any  other  committee,  or  the  Banks,  should  be  reported 
back  to  precincts.  The  Precinct  chairman  spent  a  part  of  each  day  at  the  Headquarters,  her 
Vice-Chairman  or  secretary  representing  her  when  she  was  not  there.  The  official  collectors 
from  the  Banking  Committee  visited  these  precincts  daily  to  collect  the  money  and  checks  and 


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applications.  Many  of  these  Precinct  Headquarters  were  very  attractive;  all  had  the  same  sign — 
a  white  card  with  red  border  and  blue  lettering  giving  number  and  name  of  precinct.  There  was 
always  a  display  of  banners,  and  all  very  official  looking.  This  splendid  organization  proved 
very  fortunate  when  the  influenza  epidemic  struck.  "The  Liberty  Loan  organization  was  in  a 
panic  but  the  Woman's  Liberty  Army  wentoverthe  last  trench  and  drove  every  thing  before  them." 
Gleanings  from  the  Campaign: 

At  Palm  Springs,  a  small  health  resort  on  the  edge  of  the  desert  in  Riverside  County,  the 
quota  was  2800.  The  Chairman  of  the  Woman's  Committee  sold  28000 — ten  times  the  quota. 

In  Del  Norte  County,  the  quota,  274,000,  2117,250  was  subscribed.  Every  Bond  sold 
in  this  county  was  sold  by  women. 

In  Sacramento  the  women  accepted  2100,000  as  their  quota.  They  actually  raised  22,859,730. 

Colorado 

MRS.  HELEN  RING  ROBINSON,  206  International  Trust  Bldg.,  Denver,  State  Chairman 
MRS.  HORACE  BENNETT,  State  Vice-Chairman 

STATE  QUOTA— Fourth  Liberty  Loan 237,478,550 

Amount  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 8,039,350 

Percentage  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 21% 

CITY  QUOTA— Denver 217,911,750 

Amount  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 3,543,700 

Percentage  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 19% 

MRS.  GEO.  B.  BERGER,  City  Chairman 

The  Bonds  sold  by  the  Woman's  Committee  in  Denver  were  sold  entirely  in  a  house-to-house 
canvass  in  residential  districts,  which  was  the  only  campaigning  possible  on  account  of  the 
influenza  epidemic. 

Number  of  subscriptions  through  Woman's  Committee  in  state 53,353 

Gleanings  from  the  Campaign: 

One  worker  in  Routt  County,  discovered  on  the  last  day  of  the  drive  that  her  town  was  far 
from  the  top,  because  of  the  inability  of  ranchmen  to  leave  the  fields.  She  harnessed  a  team  and 
scoured  the  country,  stopping  wherever  she  saw  a  man  at  work.  She  secured  enough  Bonds  to 
put  her  community  well  "over  the  top." 

A  Recognition  Banner  was  awarded  by  the  Woman's  State  Committee  to  the  women  of 
Baca  County  for  securing  the  highest  percentage  of  gain  over  the  subscriptions  turned  in  during 
the  Third  Campaign.  These  women  raised  twelve  times  the  amount  they  did  before. 

In  Rio  Grande  County,  potatoes  are  an  important  factor  in  Bond  buying.  To  release  men 
for  work  in  the  fields,  the  women  conducted  the  entire  campaign.  Besides  selling  Bonds,  many 
women  helped  out  also  in  the  fields.  One  woman  captain  did  her  work  in  the  time  left  from 
cooking  for  13  men  and  milking  16  cows.  Their  quota  was  met  early  in  the  drive. 

Connecticut 

MRS.  MORGAN  G.  BULKELEY,  Care  of  Aetna  Life  Ins.  Co.  Hartford,  State  Chairman 
MRS.  RICHARD  BISSELL,  Hartford,  State  Pice-Chairman 

STATE  QUOTA— Fourth  Liberty  Loan 266,662,600 

Amount  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 25,493,650 

Percentage  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 38% 

(No  corporation  subscriptions  taken  by  Woman's  Committee.) 

Number  of  subscriptions  through  Woman's  Committee 67,519 

Number  250  Bonds 38,215 

Number  2100  Bonds 20,187 

Number  2500  Bonds 2,122 

Number  21000  Bonds ' 5,622 

Number  25000  Bonds 71 

Number  210,000  Bonds 1,302 

Gleanings  from  the  Campaign: 

The  Woman's  Committee  of  Meriden,  reported  that  women  from  eighty  church  and  fraternal 
societies  did  the  major  part  of  the  Bond  selling  for  their  committee.  Street  gatherings  were  held 
nightly,  with  moving  pictures,  mugic  and  speeches.  The  amount  secured  by  th«m  was  almost 
half  the  city's  allotment. 

The  New  Haven  Committee  gave  a  "Two  Block  Party"  with  marked  success.  Two  city 
blocks  were  roped  off.  The  asphalt  was  washed  spotless,  streamers  of  electric  lights  made  a 
canopy  overhead,  and  a  band  played  for  dancing.  While  the  participants  were  resting  on  benches 
— at  ten  cents  a  seat, — speeches  were  made  urging  the  purchase  of  Bonds. 


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The  Committee  of  Lebanon,  reported  that  two  of  their  number  visited  one  farmer  who  had 
not  subscribed  to  the  three  previous  loans.  While  talking  with  him  about  the  necessity  of  every 
one  helping  the  Government,  they  helped  him  husk  his  corn,  and  were  rewarded  with  a  pledge. 

Bristol,  invented  the  "Cheer  Up"  post  card.  Each  person  buying  a  Bond  was  given  a  card 
to  send  to  a  Bristol  soldier  "over  there." 

Colchester  made  the  visit  of  the  War  Relic  Train  a  special  occasion;  the  entire  population 
of  the  town,  with  flags,  band  and  State  Guard,  formed  on  the  green  and  marched  to  the  train. 
The  town  of  Brooklyn  reported  having  a  Liberty  tent  in  the  shadow  of  the  spire  of  the  old  church 
on  the  village  green,  where  Israel  Putnam  used  to  worship. 

On  Columbus  Day,  the  West  Hartford  Committee  staged  a  French  Market  on  the  grounds 
of  the  chairman  of  the  Liberty  Loan  Committee  of  that  town.  Announcement  was  made  that 
everything  would  be  sold  from  a  pin  to  a  pig,  which  proved  literally  true,  the  proceeds  of  the  sale 
to  beinvested  in  Bonds  to  help  the  city  meet  its  quota  in  the  coming  United  War  Service  Campaign. 
At  the  Liberty  Loan  Booth,  Bonds  to  the  amount  of  352,650  were  sold. 

The  personnel  of  working  committees  was  largely  recruited  from  organizations  of  women; 
in  12  towns  these  women  raised  the  entire  quota. 

Delaware 

MRS.  HENRY  RIDGELV,  State  St.  and  The  Green,  Dover,  Stale  Chairman 

STATE  QUOTA— Fourth  Liberty  Loan 316,013,280 

Amount  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 9,775,550 

Percentage  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 61% 

(This  does  not  include  the  DuPont  subscription,  50%  of  which  was  placed  through  the 
Woman's  Committee.) 

Number  of  Subscriptions  through  Woman's  Committee. . 30,192 

to  11.7%  of  the  population. 
Gleanings  from  the  Campaign: 

The  Woman's  Committee  at  Dover  unfurled  on  the  State  House  the  Honor  Flag  of  the 
previous  loan.  As  it  went  up  hundreds  of  little  cards  bearing  the  words  "Buy  Bonds"  rained 
from  its  folds. 

The  Woman's  Committee  had  perfected  plans  for  an  elaborate  campaign  of  song  and  spec- 
tacular features.  They  went  over  the  top  on  excellent  newspaper  publicity  and  posters.  Del- 
aware was  hard  hit  by  the  epidemic,  yet  towns  with  one-fourth  of  their  population  smitten 
went  over  the  top 

In  Wilmington  no  meetings,  even  of  team  captains,  were  allowed — and  no  canvass.  Many 
Liberty  Loan  women  were  ill,  there  was  a  shortage  of  nurses  and  doctors,  and  the  dead  lay 
unburied,  yet  the  Woman's  Committee  of  Wilmington  reports  36,000,000. 

Down  near  Port  Penn,  where  the  Government  was  engaged  in  erecting  a  big  munition 
plant,  two  New  Castle  County  canvassers  stopped  a  farmer,  working  in  a  field,  and  asked  him 
to  buy  a  Bond.  No,  he  wouldn't  buy  a  Bond,  he  had  no  money  for  a  wasteful  government; 
he  saw  enough  of  the  way  things  were  going  at  Port  Penn,  and  none  of  his  money  was  going 
that  way,  and  anyhow  he  couldn't  buy  a  Bond  because  his  wife  had  been  sick  all  summer,  and 
the  colored  woman  in  the  kitchen  had  wasted  everything.  "There!"  exclaimed  the  canvasser, 
"You  and  all  your  family  were  in  the  house  with  that  woman,  all  of  you  watching  her,  and  you 
couldn't  prevent  waste.  Now  how  do  you  expect  Uncle  Sam  at  a  time  like  this  to  be  every- 
where and  see  everything  at  once?  There's  bound  to  be  something  go  a  little  wrong."  The 
farmer  bought  a  Bond 

One  Kent  County  farmer  bought  bonds  as  his  enthusiasm  mounted.  He  was  not  at  all 
pleased  with  the  Loan,  but  as  a  kind  of  duty  and  rather  grudgingly,  he  took  a  three  hundred 
dollar  Bond.  He  went  to  a  Liberty  Loan  meeting  and  got  so  stirred  that  he  bought  another 
four  hundred  dollars  worth,  and  told  a  member  of  the  committee  that  he  had  put  every  cent 
he  had  in  Bonds,  but  that  if  the  district  didn't  go  over  the  top  to  let  him  know.  "But  how  can 
you  do  more  if  you  have  no  more  money?"  the  woman  asked,  "Well,  if  it  comes  to  that,  Ma'am, 
I  can  sell  a  hoss." 

District  of  Columbia 

MRS.  HARRIET  BLAINE  BEALE,  The  Connecticut,  Washington,  Chairman 

QUOTA— Fourth  Liberty  Loan 327,608,000 

Amount  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 3,118,000 

Percentage  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 11% 

Women's  organizations  secured  subscriptions  for  3112,150  worth  of  Bonds. 
Gleanings  from  the  Campaign: 

The  Woman's  Committee  planned  a  parade  for  October  5th,  Women  in  War  Work  Day, 
which  had  to  be  called  off  on  account  of  the  influenza  epidemic;  also  all  meetings  had  to  be  sus- 
pended, and  as  the  days  went  on  and  the  influenza  grew  worse  every  plan  of  the  committee 


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had  to  be  abandoned.  The  women,  however,  manned  the  booths  at  the  hotels,  department 
stores,  and  the  Union  Station,  securing  3604,400  worth  of  subscriptions  through  this  source. 
One  of  the  plans  of  the  Woman's  Committee,  which,  too,  had  to  be  abandoned,  was  to  have 
each  child  in  the  public  schools  take  home  a  pledge  card  to  its  own  home  and  try  and  secure  a 
pledge  for  a  Bond  from  a  member  of  the  child's  own  family.  This  would  have  reached  approx- 
imately 50,000  homes  in  the  city,  and  at  the  same  time  would  have  kept  the  children  from 
soliciting  on  the  streets. 

Florida 

MRS.  W.  S.  JENNINGS,  1845  Main  Street,  Jacksonville,  State  Chairman 

STATE  QUOTA— Fourth  Liberty  Loan 323,000,000 

Amount  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 5,441,972 

Percentage  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 22% 

The  Third  Campaign  was  the  first  one  in  which  the  women  of  this  state  were  fully  organized 

and  it  is  worthy  of  comment  that  in  the  fourth  campaign,  the  second  in  which  their  organization 

was  used,  that  the  women  more  than  doubled  their  total  sales  in  the  Third  Campaign. 

Number  of  Subscriptions  through  Woman's  Committee 9,996 

Number  of  350  Bonds 5,346 

Number  of  3100  Bonds 3,257 

Number  of  3500  Bonds 490 

Number  of  31,000  Bonds 896 

Number  of  35,000  Bonds 4 

Number  of  310,000  Bonds 3 

Gleanings  from  the  Campaign: 

In  one  county  two  men  approached  the  chairman  of  the  Woman's  Liberty  Loan  Committee 

and  asked  to  be  enrolled  as  members  as  they  liked  the  business-like  manner  in  which  the  work 

was  conducted  by  the  women.     One  of  the  men  was  a  banker. 

In  Gadsden  County,  which  was  particularly  stricken  by  the  epidemic,  the  woman  chairman 

took  soup  to  a  home,  the  entire  household  being  ill  with  the  exception  of  the  mother,  who  came 

to  the  door  with  a  bowl  to  receive  the  soup,  and  her  husband's  check  for  35,000  for  a  Bond. 
At  meetings  arranged  by  the  Woman's  Committee,  Haines  City  subscribed  over  its  quota, 

and  St.  Petersburg  subscribed  at  its  meeting  3225,000,  the  most  ever  raised  in  any  one  public 

meeting  for  Bonds  in  Florida. 

The  Woman's  Liberty  Loan  Committee  County  Chairman  is  also  Woman's  War  Savings 

Chairman  in  each  county. 

Georgia 

MRS.  Z.  I.  FITZPATRICK,  Madison,  State  Chairman 

MRS.  W.  L.  WILSON,  Savannah,  State  Vice-Chairman 

MRS.  HOWARD  McCALL,  Atlanta,  State  Vice-Chairman 

MRS.  HERBERT  FRANKLIN,  Tennville,  State  Vice-Chairman 

STATE  QUOTA— Fourth  Liberty  Loan 355,000,000 

Amount  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 18,543,000 

Percentage  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 33^% 

Number  of  Subscriptions  through  Woman's  Committee 103,700 

Number  of  350  Bonds 57,000 

Number  of  3100  Bonds 36,300 

Number  of  3500  Bonds 5,900 

Number  of  31,000  Bonds 4,500 

Many  Bonds  of  larger  denomination  were  sold. 
Gleanings  from  the  Campaign: 

One  woman  in  Fulton  County  walked  five  miles  through  the  pine  forests  to  sell  a  350  Bond. 

Mrs.  Fitzpatrick  wired  to  one  of  her  county  chairmen  regarding  Four  Minute  Speakers. 

It  was  taken  as  "Spankers"  by  the  telegraph  operator.    The  county  at  once  adopted  "Four 

Minute  Spankers"  instead  of  Four  Minute  Speakers.    The  chairman  advises  this  turned  out  a 

most  successful  joke. 

Idaho 

MRS.  TERESA  M.  GRAHAM,  Villa  Glendalough,  Coeur  d'Alene,  State  Chairman 
MRS.  R.  E.  McFARLAND,  State  Vice-Chairman 

STATE  QUOTA— Fourth  Liberty  Loan 314,670,000 

Amount  credited  to  Woman's  Committee 3,240,635 

Percentage  credited  to  Woman's  Committee 22% 

(In  half  the  counties  of  the  state  the  Voluntary  Subscription  Plan  was  adopted,  the  women's 

committees  being  credited  with  50%  of  the  amount  raised.) 

Gleanings  from  the  Campaign: 

In  almost  all  counties  in  the  state  the  services  of  the  women  were  used  to  the  extent  of 

saving  50%  of  the  man  power  of  the  state.     In  some  counties  women  wrote  every  application 


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blank.  They  worked  voluntarily  in  the  banks,  and  in  the  offices,  checking  the  card  system,  etc. 
Little  soliciting  was  done  in  any  county  and  almost  the  entire  quota  was  raised  by  volunteer 
subscriptions. 

Every  county  in  Idaho  was  organized  by  women  down  to  the  precinct  unit,  in  spite  of 
enormous  distances  and  poor  transportation  facilities. 

Illinois 

MRS.  HOWARD  T.  WILLSON,  State  House,  Springfield,  State  Chairman 
MRS.  JACOB  BAUR,  110  S.  Dearborn  St.,  Chicago,  State  Pice-Chairman  (Northern  District) 

MRS.  JOHN  PRINCE,  Springfield,  State  Vice-Chairman  (Central  District) 
MRS.  Louis  L.  EMMERSON,  Mt.  Vernon,  State  Pice-Chairman  (Southern  District) 

STATE  QUOTA— Fourth  Liberty  Loan $406,027,000 

Amount  credited  to  Woman's  Committee 154,910,050 

Percentage  credited  to  Woman's  Committee 38% 

CITY  QUOTA— Chicago  (Including  Cook  County) $252,000,000 

Amount  credited  to  Woman's  Committee 89,454,200 

Percentage  credited  to  Woman's  Committee 35% 

MRS.  JACOB  BAUR,  City  Chairman 

The  great  majority  of  counties  in  Illinois,  especially  in  the  7th  district  reported  on  the  50% 
credit  basis,  with  the  exception  of  Cook  County,  including  Chicago,  where  women  were  credited 
with  25%  of  all  trades,  except  those  three  handled  exclusively  by  women,  and  33J^%  of  sub- 
scriptions taken  through  wards  and  districts. 

District  Conference  was  held,  instead  of  State  Conference. 

Number  of  Subscriptions  through  Woman's  Committee  outside  Cook  County.    184,274 

No  record  kept  of  number  of  subscriptions  taken  in  Chicago  by  Woman's 

Committee.   Total  approximate  number  through  both  committees 1,500,000 

80,000  Women  were  enrolled  on  L.  L.  Committees 
Gleanings  from  the  Campaign: 

In  Chicago  an  Honor  Flag  was  given  to  clubs  rated  100%  efficient  by  the  Liberty  Loan 
Committee.  To  secure  this  rating  a  club  must  buy  Bonds  from  its  corporate  funds.  The  presi- 
dent must  buy  Bonds  and  each  member  must  either  buy  or  sell  a  Bond  or  both.  Fifty  one  clubs 
in  Chicago  secured  this  Flag. 

The  Chairman  of  the  Trades  organization  of  the  Men's  Committee  in  Chicago  turned  over 
to  the  women  for  canvassing  three  trades,  covering  Miscellaneous  Women's  Wear,  Department 
Stores,  and  Furs,  Suits,  Cloaks  and  Ladies'  Dresses.  These  trades  went  "over  the  top"  with  a 
total  of  $9,200,700. 

The  Booths  in  Hotels,  Restaurants,  Cafes  and  Cafeterias,  of  which  there  were  77  in  Chicago 
took  in  $6,007,350  in  subscriptions.  Bonds  sold  by  Liberty  Loan  Committees  of  Women's  Clubs 
and  Fraternal  Societies,  exclusive  of  work  done  by  club  women  in  Hotels,  Department  Stores, 
etc.,  amounted  to  $7,543,350. 

Sales  through  school  children's  propaganda  credited  to  the  Woman's  Committee  in  Chicago 
amounted  to  $1,894,100.  The  actual  sales  made  by  school  children  was  $1,560,700. 

The  Bond  selling  in  the  Theatres  in  Chicago  was  done  by  the  Stage  Women's  War  Relief 
and  credited  to  the  Trade  Division.  During  the  entire  second  week  of  the  campaign  this  solicita- 
tion in  Theatres  was  stopped.  It  was,  however,  permitted  the  last  week.  In  the  first  week 
subscriptions  to  the  amount  of  $1,000,000  were  taken  and  in  the  third,  or  last,  week  the  amount 
was  $700,000. 

An  important  feature  of  the  Chicago  Organization  was  the  Special  Service  Squad — a  group 
of  young  women  organized  to  take  subscriptions  at  meetings,  rallies,  etc:  $180,450  was  sub- 
scribed through  this  channel. 

Booths  in  banks  maintained  by  the  Woman's  Committee  reported  subscriptions  for  $170,050. 
Over  5000  women  are  listed  as  Bond  sellers  in  the  Chicago  office.    They  are  Catalouged  as 
to  name,  address,  telephone  and  what  department  they  worked  through. 

Indiana 

MRS.  FREDERICK  H.  McCuLLOCH,  722  Clinton  St.,  Ft.  Wayne,  State  Chairman 
MRS.  FRED  W.  LAUENSTEIN,  Evansville,  State  Pice-Chairman 

STATE  QUOTA— Fourth  Liberty  Loan $127,570,000 

Amount  credited  to  Woman's  Committee 56,743,617 

Percentage  credited  to  Woman's  Committee 47% 

CITY  QUOTA— Indianapolis $  23,000,000 

Amount  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 8,000,000 

Percentage  raised  by  Woman's  Committee _  29% 

In  53  counties  the  Voluntary  Subscription  Plan  was  in  force.  In  the  remaining  37  counties 
separate  subscriptionswere  taken  by  the  men's  and  women's  committees,  the  women  being  credited 
with  the  actual  amount  of  Bonds  sold  by  them.  In  Indianapolis  Bonds  were  sold  by  solicitation . 


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Gleanings  from  the  Campaign: 

22,020  women  worked  on  the  Woman's  Liberty  Loan  Committees  during  the  Fourth  Loan. 

Perhaps  the  most  spectacular  thing  planned  by  the  women  of  Indiana  was  a  flag  parade  by 
the  children,  when  each  child  in  the  parade  carried  the  flag  which  had  been  waving  from  his 
home.  It  was  called  the  Home  Flag  Parade.  There  were  flags  of  every  description,  many  of 
them  being  large  and  handsome,  while  others  were  faded  and  torn,  but  each  flag  represented  a 
home  in  that  particular  community. 

In  some  counties  women  painted  Liberty  Loan  propaganda  on  sidewalks,  especially  this 
sentence,  "Women,  Buy  Liberty  Bonds." 

The  Women's  Clubs  devoted  the  first  meeting  of  the  year  to  the  Liberty  Loan  having  a 
special  Liberty  Loan  speaker,  and  in  many  localities  kitchen  conferences  were  held,  combining 
food  conservation  with  talks  on  buying  Bonds. 

A  spectacular  feature  of  the  Indiana  Campaign  was  Paint  Up  Day.  At  four  o'clock  Friday 
afternoon  preceding  the  opening  of  the  drive  was  the  time  set  in  nearly  every  city  and  town  in 
Indiana  for  a  bucket  brigade  of  women  dressed  in  white  coverall  aprons,  to  proceed  to  the  busi- 
ness district  and  paint  the  slogan  "Buy  Liberty  Bonds."  In  some  of  the  towns  the  women  were 
escorted  to  the  public  square  by  a  band. 


Iowa 

MRS.  WILBUR  W.  MARSH,  408  South  Street,  Waterloo,  State  Chairman 
MRS.  GARDINER  COWLES,  Des  Moines,  State  Vice-Chairman 

STATE  QUOTA— Fourth  Liberty  Loan 2147,389,600 

Amount  credited  to  Woman's  Committee 79,821,500 

Percentage  credited  to  Woman's  Committee 50% 

The  Allotment  Plan  was  used  and  the  State  Quota  was  raised  in  the  first  three  days  of  the 
campaign,  the  women's  committee  being  credited  with  one-half  the  amount  raised. 

Gleanings  from  the  Campaign: 

Woodbury  County  raised  the  entire  quota  in  one  day.  The  woman  chairman  writes,  "Fifteen 
men  and  fifteen  women  were  at  each  of  the  fifteen  voting  precincts  to  help  make  out  the  applica- 
tion blanks.  People  stood  in  line  at  seven  o'clock  in  the  morning  ready  to  make  out  their  volun- 
tary subscriptions." 

Every  woman  in  Davis  County  received  a  letter  from  the  county  chairman,  Mrs.  Henry  C. 
Taylor,  urging  them  to  subscribe  to  the  Fourth  Liberty  Loan. 

In  Des  Moines  the  Woman's  Committee  made  a  house-to-house  canvass  on  the  first  Sunday 
in  the  Campaign,  and  secured  1210  subscribers  to  2109,450  worth  of  Bonds. 

Iowa  laid  special  stress  on  a  Speaking  Campaign.  In  every  county  women  speakers  addressed 
meetings;  six  women  speakers  accompanied  the  War  Relic  train  on  its  trip  through  the  state. 


Kansas 

MRS.  HENRY  WARE  ALLEN,  Y.  W.  C.  A.  Bldg.,  Wichita,  State  Chairman 
STATE  QUOTA—  Fourth  Liberty  Loan  ...............................  267,089,850 

Amount  credited  to  Woman's  Committee  .........  .....................   14,427,300 

Percentage  credited  to  Woman's  Committee  ........................... 


In  88  counties  subscriptions  were  taken  by  solicitation  and  in  the  remaining  8  counties  the 
two  committees  worked  on  a  percentage  basis,  the  women  being  credited  with  50%  of  the  sales. 
In  some  of  these  counties  the  women  made  actual  sales  of  50%. 

Number  of  Subscriptions  through  Woman's  Committee  .....................    17,229 

Gleanings  from  the  Campaign: 

In  Wyandotte  County,  where  one-third  of  the  total  sales  was  credited  to  the  women,  not  a 
single  Bond  was  solicited  by  either  men  or  women  and  the  County's  Quota  was  oversubscribed 
one  million  dollars  during  the  first  three  days  of  the  campaign,  all  of  it  being  purely  voluntary. 
The  women  carried  on  an  aggressive  campaign  of  education  before  the  opening  of  the  Loan. 

In  Wichita,  which  has  a  population  of  little  less  than  63,000  the  women  made  actual  sales 
to  the  amount  of  21,175,500,  selling  1,699  Bonds,  many  of  them  for  large  amounts. 


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Kentucky 


MRS.  DONALD  MCDONALD,  1440  St.  James  Court,  Louisville,  State  Chairman 
MRS.  CECIL  CANTRILL,  Lexington,  State  Vice-Chairman 

STATE  QUOTA— Fourth  Liberty  Loan 356,629,050 

Amount  credited  to  Woman's  Committee 19,345,122 

Percentage  credited  to  Woman's  Committee 34% 

(There  were  twelve  counties  that  worked  on  the  percentage  basis  and  96  counties  where 
bonds  were  sold  by  solicitation.) 

Approximate  number  of  subscriptions  through  Woman's  Committee 50,000 

CITY  QUOTA— Louisville $16,714,000 

Amount  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 6,001,650 

Percentage  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 35% 

MRS.  MARSHALL  BULLITT,  City  Chairman 

Gleanings  from  the  Campaign: 

In  Jefferson  County,  which  includes  Louisville,  the  house-to-house  canvass  was  the  method 
used  to  raise  the  quota.  Every  district  in  the  county,  and  ward  in  the  city,  was  assigned  to 
various  teams,  some  composed  of  men,  some  women,  all  prearranged  between  the  twocommittees. 
Each  team  pledged  to  canvass  only  its  own  territory.  In  the  county  outside  of  Louisville  the 
result  of  the  canvass  by  18  local  chairmen  and  their  workers  was  1,663  subscriptions  amounting 
to  $351,400.  In  the  city  1,100  workers  did  very  wonderful  work,  operatingunder  10  "Generals." 
Every  man  and  woman  in  the  district  covered  by  the  woman's  organization  was  canvassed, 
sometimes  visited  several  times,  in  order  to  secure  a  subscription.  19,769  subscriptions  were 
turned  in  amounting  to  $5,647,250. 

The  work  in  Louisville  was  all  accomplished  in  three  or  four  days — an  "intensive  drive." 

Kentucky  is  one  of  the  states  which  includes  remote  mountain  counties;  to  the  two  state 
conferences  the  chairmen  from  these  historic  places  brought  enthusiasm  and  devotion  and  added 
a  new  chapter,  with  the  romantic  tales  of  their  section  of  the  state,  to  the  record  of  patriotism 
of  its  citizens.  It  is  interesting  to  note  that  the  Breathitt  County  Woman  Chairman  reports 
$1,300  subscribed. 


Louisiana 

MRS.  LAWRENCE  WILLIAMS,  2  Everett  Place,  New  Orleans,  State  Chairman 
MRS.  J.  H.  FULLILOVE,  JR.,  State  Vice-Chairman 

STATE  QUOTA— Fourth  Liberty  Loan $47,980,516 

Amount  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 7,067,588 

Percentage  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 14% 

Number  of  subscribers  through  Woman's  Committee 18,794 

CITY  QUOTA— New  Orleans. $28,800,000 

Amount  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 3,217,750 

Percentage  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 10% 

MRS.  F.  P.  BRECKENRIDGE,  City  Chairman 

Gleanings  from  the  Campaign: 

The  speaking  campaign  in  Louisiana  was  organized  with  two  centers,  one  in  the  southern 
and  one  in  the  northern  part  of  the  state,  with  instructions  to  cover  all  meetings,  and  picture 
shows.  This  was  done  until  the  influenza  put  a  stop  to  everything  of  this  sort. 

In  New  Orleans  the  campaign  was  carried  out  by  the  War  Finance  Brigade,  a  military 
organization  in  which  one  of  the  Battalions  is  composed  of  women.  The  Major  is  the  City 
Chairman,  who,  in  accordance  with  the  rules  of  the  organization  made  no  separate  industrial 
campaign. 


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Maine 

MRS.  JOHN  F.  HILL,  284  Beacon  Street,  Auburn,  State  Chairman 
MRS.  GRACE  A.  WING,  11  Turner  Street,  Auburn,  Executive  Chairman 

STATE  QUOTA— Fourth  Liberty  Loan 318,472,140 

Amount  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 5,626,100 

Percentage  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 30% 

(No  corporation  subscriptions  taken  by  the  Woman's  Committee.) 

Number  of  subscriptions  through  Woman's  Committee 17,156 

Number  of  $50  Bonds 9,470 

Number  of  $100  Bonds 6,671 

Number  of  $500  Bonds •. . .  885 

Number  of  $1,000  Bonds 103 

Number  of  $5,000  Bonds 23 

Number  of  $10,000  Bonds 1 

Number  of  $25,000,  $50,000  and  $100,000  Bonds,  1  each. 

It  is  worthy  of  note  that  in  25  towns  in  the  state  the  Woman's  Committee  raised  more 
than  the  town's  quota. 

Gleanings  from  the  Campaign: 

Owing  to  the  influenza  all  Maine  plans  for  publicity  in  the  nature  of  meetings,  parades,  etc., 
were  abandoned,  and  throughout  the  state  committees  promptly  made  their  plans  over,  and 
put  through  a  house-to-house  canvass. 

In  Portland,  the  city  was  handled  just  as  an  election  would  be,  with  check  lists,  ward  booths 
and  application  blanks  instead  of  ballots.  People  were  taken  by  auto  from  every  house  and 
carried  to  the  polls  to  subscribe.  The  women  were  given  three  wards  of  the  city  as  their  part 
of  the  work. 

In  Lewiston  and  Auburn,  with  three  days'  notice,  the  women  were  called  upon  to  make  a 
house-to-house  canvass  of  the  residential  districts,  for  a  whirlwind  drive  on  the  first  day  of  the 
campaign.  They  had  planned  previously  for  booths  managed  by  the  various  women's  organ- 
izations, but  they  changed  their  plan  on  request  of  the  men's  committee,  did  the  work  in  a  pouring 
rain;  Auburn  went  over  the  top  that  day  and  Lewiston  a  few  days  later.  The  women  raised 
almost  one-fourth  of  the  quota  of  the  two  cities  in  the  residential  districts. 

In  Bangor,  after  the  drive  opened,  the  Men's  Committee  called  on  the  women  to  canvass 
11  wards  of  the  city. 

Through  the  Woman's  Committee  Publicity  Chairman  every  county  offered  in  the  form  of 
Thrift  Stamps  four  prizes  in  the  schools  for  essays  on  the  Liberty  Loan,  and  two  prizes  were 
offered  in  the  state  for  a  Liberty  Loan  poster.  All  schools  were  supplied  with  posters  and 
suitable  literature. 


Maryland 


MRS.  SYDNEY  M.  CONE,  2328  Eutaw  Place,  Baltimore,  State  Chairman 
MRS.  ALEXANDER  C.  NELSON,  Baltimore,  State  Pice-Chairman 

STATE  QUOTA— Fourth  Liberty  Loan $82,180,000 

Amount  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 7,428,050 

Percentage  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 9% 

Number  of  subscriptions  through  Woman's  Committee 17,684 

CITY  QUOTA— Baltimore .$60,950,000 

Amount  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 3,995,900 

Percentage  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 6% 

Number  subscriptions  through  Woman's  Committee 8,019 

$3,451,150  was  raised  through  organizations  of  women  in  this  state. 


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Massachusetts 

MRS.  BARRETT  WENDELL,  95  Milk  Street,  Boston,  State  Chairman 
MRS.  BARRETT  WENDELL,  JR.,  Boston,  State  Vice-Chairman 

STATE  QUOTA— Fourth  Liberty  Loan $328,637,700 

Amount  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 39,047,650 

Percentage  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 12% 

(No  corporation  subscriptions  were  taken  by  the  Woman's  Committee) 

Number  of  Subscriptions  through  Woman's  Committee 24,561 

Number  of  $50  Bonds 12,974 

Number  of  $100  Bonds 7,334 

Number  of  $500  Bonds 987 

Number  of  $1000  Bonds ." 3,266 

Massachusetts  was  one  of  the  most  seriously  handicapped  states  as  the  influenza  epidemic 
was  unusually  severe  there,  and  reached  its  climax  at  the  time  of  the  campaign.  No  meetings  were 
allowed  until  the  last  week. 

SUB.  SECURED     PERCENT 

CITY  QUOTA  BY  WOMEN         or  QOUTA  CHAIRMAN 

Boston.... $127,580,700       $8,612,500  6%          Mrs.  Malcolm  Lang 

Somerville        2,800,000         1,538,000  50%          Mrs.  Geo.  C.  Brewer 

Worcester.     15,043,600         4,625,000  30%          Mrs.  Homer  Gage 

Gleanings  from  the  Campaign: 

A  poster  competition  in  the  schools  was  among  the  most  successful  means  of  publicity 
especially  in  rural  districts.  This  was  illustrated  by  the  town  of  Tolland,  Hampden  County, 
with  a  population  of  200,  and  quota  of  $5200..  The  seemingly  impossible  problem  was  turned 
over  to  the  school  teacher  and  her  sixteen  pupils  who  started  a  poster  contest.  A  rally  with  a 
patriotic  program  was  held,  posters  were  exhibited,  and  $6000  in  one  evening  was  the  result  of  the 
children's  call  for  patriotism. 

The  poster  selected  for  New  England,  a  rising  sun,  with  the  caption  "Buy  a  Liberty  Bond 
Today"  was  developed  from  a  cartoon  submitted  by  a  fifteen  year  old  girl  in  a  Gloucester  high 
school. 

Sufficiently  spectacular  to  attract  enormous  crowds,  and  swell  the  total  subscriptions  of  the 
committee  several  hundred  thousand  dollars,  was  the  All  America  Liberty  Fair  which  was  held 
on  Boston  Common  by  the  Committee  of  Foreign  Birth  or  Descent,  the  last  day  of  the  drive. 
Not  only  did  this  Fair  appeal  to  the  patriotism  of  the  fifteen  nationalities  represented  through 
the  stirring  speeches  in  different  languages,  through  the  music  of  bands,  singing  of  grand  opera 
stars,  and  general  singing  of  National  songs,  but  it  appealed  to  every  lover  of  the  picturesque 
through  the  beautifully  decorated  booths,  and  the  native  costumes  of  the  Liberty  Loan  workers. 
The  patriotism  which  the  new  Americans  expressed  was  inspiring  to  all  who  witnessed  it,  and 
was  a  fitting  close  to  the  campaign. 

A  Barnstable  County  woman  dug  50  bushels  of  clams  at  $1.00  a  bushel,  and  purchased 
therewith  a  $50  Liberty  Bond. 

A  street  publicity  committee  for  distributing  literature  was  one  of  the  features  of  the  work 
in  Lawrence. 

A  novel  feature  in  connection  with  the  opening  of  outside  booths  in  Boston  was  the  group 
of  eight  tables  on  Washington  Street,  between  Franklin  and  Summer,  where  traffic  was  shut  off 
between  twelve  and  two  every  day  during  the  last  week  of  the  campaign.  The  decorations, 
the  march  of  the  workers  on  Washington  Street  headed  by  a  band  and  chorus  of  well  trained 
voices;  speakers  of  prominence  including  the  Alpini,  drew  large  crowds. 

A  bulletin  board  with  striking  slogans  was  a  special  advertising  feature  of  the  committee 
in  Taunton. 

A  picturesque  rally  took  place  at  the  large  cranberry  bog  in  Plymouth.  They  had  about 
thirty  colored  Portuguese  to  be  paid  off;  when  they  came  for  their  money  they  had  the  United 
States  and  Portuguese  flags  flying  and  a  graphophone  played  the  two  national  airs.  More  than 
a  third  of  them  took  Bonds. 

A  great  stimulus  was  the  Unconditional  Surrender  Club,  or  U.  S.  Club.  The  idea  spread 
like  wildfire,  and  the  little  pieces  of  red,  white,  and  blue  ribbon  of  the  badge  were  soon  proudly 
worn  all  over  the  state. 

Women  of  Brookline  put  "Anti-Flu"  booths  on  the  street  at  trolley  transfer  stations. 

An  Honor  Flag  was  awarded  to  all  Women's  Organizations  and  Clubs,  75%  of  whose  member- 
ship had  bought  a  Liberty  Bond. 


REPORT  OF  NATIONAL  WOMAN'S  LIBERTY  LOAN  COMMITTEE  IS 

Michigan 

MRS.  DELPHINE  D.  ASHBAUGH,  110  West  Fort  St.,  Detroit,  State  Chairman 

MRS.  CAROLINE  C.  BRINK,  Grand  Rapids,  State  Vice-Chairman  (Lower  Peninsula) 

MRS.  C.  C.  ANDREWS,  Escanaba,  State  Vice-Chairman  (Upper  Peninsula) 

STATE  QUOTA— Fourth  Liberty  Loan $147,000,000 

Amount  credited  to  Woman's  Committee 61,564,960 

Percentage  credited  to  Woman's  Committee 42% 

The  Voluntary  Subscription  and  Allotment  Plans  were  used  in  Michigan,  the  women  being 
allowed  50%  as  their  share  in  the  lower  Peninsula  and  25%  in  the  Upper  Peninsula.  In  thirteen 
counties  only  did  women  solicit  subscriptions. 

CITY  QUOTA— *Detroit $62,000,000 

Amount  credited  to  Woman's  Committee 20,000,000 

Percentage  credited  to  Woman's  Committee 33% 

*Bonds  sold  under  general  subscription  plan  only. 

Gleanings  from  the  Campaign: 

In  counties  where  the  Volunteer  system  was  employed,  the  women  were  most  active  in  the 
educational  work  preceding  the  volunteer  days,  they  assumed  the  leading  active  part  in  all 
school  propaganda,  directed  the  activities  of  the  speakers  and  four-minute  men,  played  hostess 
to  the  Jackie  Band  and  county  conferences,  and  made  it  their  business  to  see  that  no  public 
meeting  was  held  at  which  the  Loan  was  not  represented.  They  formed  their  own  committees 
to  do  clerical  work,  and  prepared  themselves  to  do  duty  in  the  booths  on  volunteer  days.  It 
was  customary  to  have  an  equal  number  of  men  and  women  in  the  booths.  If  the  volunteer  days 
were  followed  by  a  subscription  period  the  women  worked  with  the  men  in  ward  canvassing.  In 
these  counties  the  men  divided  fifty  fifty  voluntarily,  and  were  loud  in  their  praise. 

In  the  counties  where  the  Allotment  plan  was  employed,  the  women  were  more  active  in 
the  clerical  work:  the  cards  were  divided  among  the  ward  captains,  who  distributed  them  where 
they  considered  they  could  be  best  handled,  there  were  no  complaints  from  the  women  as  to 
injustice  in  the  distribution.  Up  to  the  present  time  no  man  has  said  that  any  woman  allowed  a 
man  to  get  away  with  less  than  his  allotment,  and  some  women  persuaded  people  to  oversub- 
scribe their  allotment.  The  educational  work  in  the  schools,  theatres,  public  meetings,  and  the 
superintendency  of  county  luncheons  for  members  of  the  conferences,  as  well  as  the  Jackie  Band 
was  left  almost  entirely  to  them.  In  these  counties  the  men  claimed  the  women  earned  their 
one-half  of  everything. 

Detroit  was  divided  into  10  sections,  under  team  captains.  The  woman's  team  sold  $2,000,- 
000  more  than  any  other. 

The  Woman's  Committee  did  its  share  of  house-to-house  canvassing: 

(a)  Following  Volunteer  days 

(b)  Distributing  allotment  cards 

(c)  General  individual  subscriptions 

Minnesota 

MRS.  ARCHIBALD  MACLAREN,  914  Lowry  Bldg.,  St.  Paul,  State  Chairman 
MRS.  J.  L.  McCuLLOCH,  State  Vice-Chairman 

STATE  QUOTA— Fourth  Liberty  Loan $123,000,000 

Amount  credited  to  Woman's  Committee 32,844,900 

Percentage  credited  to  Woman's  Committee 25% 

(The  allotment  system  was  used  entirely  throughout  the  state.  The  Woman's  Committee 
being  credited  with  25%  of  the  amount  raised.) 

SUB.  CREDITED  PERCENT 

CITY  QUOTA  TO  WOMEN  OF  QUOTA 

St.  Paul $18,000,000  $4,563,212  25% 

Minneapolis..                        .   27,000,000  7,086,700  25% 

Duluth 7,000,000  2,550,100  25% 

Gleanings  from  the  Campaign: 

Each  county  in  the  state  had  its  own  Woman's  speaking  campaign,  with  very  satisfactory 
results. 

Forest  fires  in  five  counties  proved  a  serious  handicap.  There  was  a  great  loss  of  life  and 
property.  Many  of  the  subscriptions  were  cancelled  in  these  counties.  Some  of  the  other 
counties  made  extra  subscriptions  to  cover  deficit. 

The  Woman's  Committee  attended  largely  to  the  publicity,  educational  and  clerical  work 
of  the  campaign. 


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Mississippi 


MRS.  R.  L.  McLAURiN,  1905  Clay  Street,  Vicksburg,  State  Chairman 
MRS.  G.  C.  SWEARINGEN,  205  Merchants  Bank  Bldg.,  Jackson,  State  Vice-Chairman 

STATE  QUOTA— Fourth  Liberty  Loan 5526,000,000 

Amount  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 7,436,775 

Percentage  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 28% 

Number  of  subscriptions  through  Woman's  Committee 6,841 

Number  of  350  Bonds 3,669 

Number  of  $100  Bonds 2,331 

Number  of  $500  Bonds . 324 

Number  of  $1,000  Bonds.. 517 

County  chairmen  held  meetings  at  rural  school  houses. 


Missouri 

MRS.  THEODORE  BENOIST,  1695  Railway  Exchange  Bank  Bldg.,  St.  Louis,  State  Chairman 
MRS.  W.  T.  DONOVAN,  State  Pice-Chairman 

STATE  QUOTA— Fourth  Liberty  Loan $163,977,950 

Amount  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 50,256,000 

Percentage  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 30.6% 

CITY  QUpTA— St.  Louis $78,000,000 

Amount  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 25,786,750 

Percentage  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 33%% 

Number  of  Subscriptions  through  Woman's  Committee 212,424 

Number  of  $50  Bonds 29,073 

Number  of  $100  Bonds 17,695 

Number  of  $500  Bonds 1,843 

Number  of  $1,000  Bonds 2,320 

Number  of  Bonds  not  itemized 161,483 

Woman's  Committee — 29  District  Chairmen,  114  County  chairmen,  1,700  town  or  town- 
ship chairmen,  and  30,000  women  working  in  campaign  irrespective  of  St.  Louis,  Kansas  City 
and  St.  Joseph  organization. 

State  conferences  in  Missouri  were  called  jointly  by  men  and  women,  and  attended  by 
both  organizations. 

Gleanings  from  the  Campaign: 

The  St.  Louis  campaign  was  opened  by  a  Woman's  Committee  mass  meeting  of  men  and 
women  ward  and  precinct  chairmen. 

Cape  Girardeau  has  an  organization  called  the  Minute  Women.  This  consists  of  a  group  of 
two  hundred  and  eleven  women  who  hold  themselves  in  readiness  to  respond  to  call  on  a  minute's 
notice.  They  are  divided  into  units;  automobile,  speakers,  clerical,  typists,  decorating,  tel- 
ephone and  poster-making.  The  success  of  the  campaign  in  Cape  Girardeau  is  largely  attrib- 
uted to  this  splendid  organization. 

Livingston  County  boasts  a  unique  organization  called  the  "Nickel  Club."  It  is  composed 
of  school  children  who  bring  five  cents  a  day,  and  in  the  poorer  communities  where  the  children 
have  no  money,  they  sell  eggs  and  collect  junk  to  sell.  The  money  is  then  brought  to  school 
and  Liberty  Bonds  bought,  which  are  to  be  given  as  an  endowment  fund  for  a  home  for  orphans 
of  American  soldiers  and  sailors. 

Columbus  opened  the  campaign  with  a  large  parade,  Saturday,  September  27th,  Volunteer 
Day.  Over  three  thousand  people  took  part  in  the  procession,  including  students  from  the 
University,  Stephens  and  Christian  Colleges.  The  feature  most  distinctive  was  achieved  by 
the  young  women  of  Christian  College.  These  girls  were  dressed  exactly  alike  in  white  with 
red,  white,  and  blue  Liberty  caps  and  banners.  They  marched  sixteen  abreast,  and  as  they 
marched  they  lifted  their  voices  in  a  grand  chorus  of  Liberty  Loan  songs,  "Buy  a  Bond,"  and 
"For  Your  Boy  and  My  Boy"  striking  the  first  note  of  Liberty  Loan  music  in  Boone  County. 
Subscriptions  were  offered  faster  than  the  Bond  salesman  could  write  them. 

Meetings  were  held  in  practically  every  school  house  in  the  state.  The  children  had  debat- 
ing contests  between  rival  teams  of  four  minute  speakers  (children),  and  all  learned  and  sang 
the  Liberty  songs.  Many  schools  organized  bands  of  carol  singers,  who  went  through  the 
villages  at  night  singing  before  the  different  private  homes  and  wherever  groups  of  people  were 
gathered. 


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The  first  week  of  the  campaign  in  Kansas  City  and  in  fact  the  entire  Tenth  Federal  Reserve 
District  was  given  over  to  advertising.  Not  a  Bond  was  sold  during  that  time.  The  second 
week  of  the  campaign  started  with  mass  meetings  and  parades.  During  the  week  of  the  canvass, 
daily  luncheons  were  held  at  which  flags  were  awarded  each  day  to  the  ward  chairman  having 
the  largest  number  of  subscriptions  for  that  day,  and  also  to  the  one  having  the  largest  total. 
At  the  end  of  the  campaign  the  flags  remained  in  the  possession  of  the  ward  having  the  largest 
cumulative  totals.  To  these  luncheons  the  badge  of  admission  was  the  arm  band  adopted  by 
the  National  Liberty  Loan  Committee.  The  women  of  Kansas  City  also  had  the  wards  in  the 
residential  district  and  were  aided  by  the  flying  squadron  and  the  submarine  squadron  composed 
of  men  who  solicited  in  certain  districts,  munition  factories,  and  other  industrial  plants  where 
it  was  deemed  unadvisable  for  the  women  to  take  subscriptions.  However,  any  subscriptions 
that  they  obtained  were  credited  to  the  women. 

The  campaign  in  St.  Louis,  after  having  made  a  splendid  start  came  practically  to  a  stand- 
still after  the  influenza  put  a  ban  on  activities.  On  Monday  morning,  October  14th,  when 
people  arrived  in  the  business  district  they  found  literally  a  crimson  town.  Every  window, 
every  lamp-post  bore  enormous  signs  on  a  bright  red  background  with  white  letters  two  feet 
long  bearing  the  words,  "HELP—  ST.  LOUIS  OVER  THE  TOP."  Every  crossing  had  painted 
on  the  asphalt  of  the  street,  "HELP—  ST.  LOUIS  OVER  THE  TOP."  Every  mail,  express, 
delivery  wagon,  and  automobile  bore  the  same  legend,  every  traffic  policeman  waved  his  signals 
with  cardboard  signs  beseeching  people  to  "HELP—  ST.  LOUIS  OVER  THE  TOP."  Twelve 
bands  patrolled  the  streets  playing  the  Liberty  Loan  music,  accompanied  by  salesmen  who 
stopped  people  passing  and  got  subscriptions.  On  Friday,  Oct.  18th,  St.  Louis  being  still  behind, 
new  red  signs  appeared  with  the  words  "BUY  AGAIN."  Saturday,  October  19th,  the  explod- 
ing of  bombs  announced  the  glad  tidings  that  St.  Louis  had  subscribed  her  quota.  The  women 
had  the  wards  in  the  entire  residential  district  and  did  splendid  work. 

Liberty  Loan  Sunday  was  very  generally  observed.  Livingston  County  had  its  ministers 
preach  patriotic  sermons.  The  people  were  notified  to  bring  their  lunch  in  baskets.  After  the 
church  services,  the  whole  county  sat  down  to  a  mammoth  basket  picnic.  Liberty  Loan  songs 
were  sung  by  women  choral  singers,  a  striking  address  was  made,  and  subscriptions  taken  on 
the  spot  for  Liberty  Bonds. 

The  Woman's  Committee  in  St.  Joseph  disposed  of  one-half  the  Bonds  subscribed. 

Montana 

MRS.  W.  W.  McDowELL,  1  So.  Excelsior  Ave.,  Butte,  State  Chariman 

MRS.  F.  S.  LUSK,  1011  Gerald  Avenue,  Missoula,  State  Vice-Chairman 

STATE  QUOTA—  Fourth  Liberty  Loan  ...............................  £16,000,000 

Amount  raised  by  Woman's  Committee  ...............................     4,989,590 

Percentage  raised  by  Woman's  Committee  .............................  31% 

Nebraska 

MRS.  A.  G.  PETERSON,  1217  Ninth  Street,  Aurora,  State  Chairman 
STATE  QUOTA—  Fourth  Liberty  Loan  ...............................  369,356,250 

Amount  raised  by  Woman's  Committee  ...............................     8,759,750 

Percentage  raised  by  Woman's  Committee  ..................  .  .......... 


New  Jersey 

MRS.  H.  O.  WITTPEN,  Wiss  Bldg.,  671  Broad  St.,  Newark,  State  Chairman 
Miss  ANNE  MC!LLVAINE,  154  W.  State  Street,  Trenton,  Associate  State  Chairman 
STATE  QUOTA—  Fourth  Liberty  Loan..  .  ...........................  3182,694,970 

Amounted  raised  through  Woman's  Committee  .......................     38,340,325 

Percentage  raised  through  Woman's  Committee  .......................  21% 

Number  of  Subscriptions  through  Woman's  Committee  ................          134,115 

CITY  QUOTA—  Jersey  City  ...........  .............................  321,000,000 

Amount  raised  through  Woman's  Committee  .........................       4,490,350 

Percentage  raised  through  Woman's  Committee  .......................  21  j^% 

Miss  BESSIE  POPE,  City  Chairman 
CITY  QUOTA—  Newark  ...........................................  338,700,000 

Amount  raised  through  Woman's  Committee  .........................  •.   2,035,100 

Percentage  raised  through  Woman's  Committee  ........................  5% 

Mas.  GEO.  BARKER,  City  Chairman  —  Conference  held  in  Newark 
Amount  subscribed  through  Organizations  of  Women  ......................  3212,950 

The  Woman's  Committees  for  counties  in  3rd  District  report  an  increase  of  60%  over  the 
3rd  campaign.  No  meetings  could  be  held,  and  all  work  was  done  through  house-to-house  door- 
step visiting,  and  telephone  calls. 


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Nevada 

MRS.  S.  H.  BELFORD,  719  Humboldt  Street,  Reno,  State  Chairman 

STATE  QUOTA— Fourth  Liberty  Loan.. .', £5,033,850 

Amount  credited  to  Woman's  Committee N 2,463,650 

Percentage  credited  to  Woman's  Committee 48 . 9% 

Distances  in  the  state,  and  the  cost  of  railroad  fare,  precluded  calling  a  State  Conference. 

Gleanings  from  the  Campaign: 

In  Washoe  County,  of  which  Reno  is  the  county  seat,  the  women  worked  under  the  direction 
of  the  Men's  Committee,  and  the  men  were  so  pleased  with  the  results  of  the  work  done  that 
they  volunteered  to  credit  them  with  half  the  subscriptions  obtained. 

In  Tonopah,  the  Men's  Committee  asked  the  Woman's  Committee  to  take  over  the  entire 
soliciting  of  Bonds,  as  their  experience  with  the  Woman's  Committee  in  the  Third  Loan  had 
convinced  them  that  the  women  were  amply  able  to  handle  it  themselves  and  they  gave  the 
women  the  credit  for  the  entire  sum  raised  in  Nye  County,  which  was  3453,350. 

The  entire  expense  for  putting  over  the  women's  share  of  the  Loan,  as  given  above,  did  not 
exceed  3175.00. 


New  Hampshire 


MRS.  WM.  H.  SCHOFIELD,  51  Main  Street,  Peterborough,  State  Chairman 
MRS.  JAMES  FARNSWORTH,  Nashua,  State  Vice-C hair man 

STATE  QUOTA— Fourth  Liberty  Loan 320,372,800 

Amount  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 4,098,400 

Percentage  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 20. 1% 

Number  of  Subscriptions  through  Woman's  Committee 18,692 

Number  of  350  Bonds 9,413 

Number  of  3100  Bonds 7,963 

Number  of  3500  Bonds 783 

Number  of  31000  Bonds 512 

Number  of  35000  Bonds 5 

Number  of  310,000  Bonds 14 

Number  of  320,000  Bonds 3 

Number  of  325,000  Bonds 1 

Number  of  340,000  Bonds 1 

Number  of  350,000  Bonds 1 

31,586,950 — denominations  not  specified 

(No  corporation  Subscriptions  taken  by  Woman's  Committee) 
Women's  Organizations — 31,750 

Gleanings  from  the  Campaign: 

Organization  for  the  Fourth  Loan  began  in  New  Hampshire  on  August  16th,  the  day  after 
the  final  payment  in  the  Third  Loan. 

Ten  31000  Bonds,  autographed  by  President  Wilson,  were  sold  by  Mrs.  Henry  W.  Keys, 
wife  of  the  Governor,  herself  a  member  of  the  Woman's  Liberty  Loan  Committee. 

One  of  the  big  publicity  assets  of  the  campaign  was  the  Liberty  loan  Poster  Exhibit  arranged 
by  the  Woman's  Liberty  Loan  Committee.  There  were  French,  English,  Canadian,  Italian 
and  Algerian  posters,  besides  a  practically  complete  set  of  American  posters.  These  were  dis- 
played at  the  large  autumn  meeting  of  the  Colonial  Dames  Society  and  the  Federation  of  Women's 
Clubs,  as  well  as  at  the  Liberty  Loan  Mass  Meeting  of  the  Men's  and  Women's  Committees. 
Later  this  exhibit  was  displayed,  by  request,  at  a  department  store  in  Manchester,  the  largest 
in  the  state,  attracting  many  visitors  and  most  favorable  newspaper  comment. 

Mrs.  Schofield  sent  out  a  special  appeai  to  all  women  whose  "next  of  kin"  were  in  their 
country's  service.  This  appeal  was  printed  on  the  cover  of  the  "First  Service  Star"  which  was 
printed  for  national  use  by  the  National  Committee.  This  effective  appeal  was  as  follows: 
"Will  you,  whose  'next  of  kin'  are  in  our  country's  service,  take  a  350  Bond  today  for  the  sake 
of  each  of  your  boys  who  has  gone  to  fight  for  us?  If  you  have  bought  other  Bonds,  buy  one 
more  for  his  sake, — and  pay  for  it  outright,  or  on  the  installment  plan  of  31  a  week.  Today  I 
have  bought  two  such  Bonds  for  my  boys'  sake." 


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New  Mexico 

MRS.  HOWARD  HUEY,  Box  43,  Santa  Fe,  State  Chairman 

STATE  QUOTA— Fourth  Liberty  Loan 25,302,545 

Amount  raised  through  Woman's  Committee 1,678,080 

Percentage  raised  through  Woman's  Committee 31^% 

Gleanings  from  the  Campaign: 

In  Quay  County  the  Woman's  Committee  obtained  practically  three-fourths  of  the  entire 
amount  subscribed  and  the  county  quota  was  almost  doubled.  The  men's  committee  in  that 
couttty  furnished  bands  and  automobiles  and  escorted  the  women  about  the  county  and  women 
made  the  appeals  and  took  the  subscriptions. 

In  Dona  Ana  County  the  chairman  of  the  Woman's  Committee  took  over  the  work  of  the 
Chairman  of  the  men's  committee,  who  was  ill  with  influenza,  and  under  her  direction  the  county 
raised  three  times  its  quota. 

Ten  thousand  dodgers,  urging  the  buying  of  Bonds,  were  printed  in  Spanish,  for  the  use  of 
the  Spanish-American  population. 

Several  chairmen  reported  that  the  spirit  which  prevailed  during  the  Fourth  Loan  was 
very  much  better  than  during  the  Third  Loan.  In  counties  where  drought  had  killed  the  cattle 
and  cut  down  the  incomes  of  ranchmen  and  stockmen,  many  men  took  Bonds,  knowing  they 
would  have  to  leave  their  homes  and  find  work  in  towns  to  pay  for  them. 

The  women  were  particularly  successful  in  placing  Bonds  of  small  denominations.  They 
devoted  much  of  their  attention  to  reaching  women  in  isolated  places. 

The  campaign  in  New  Mexico  was  made  largely  by  use  of  automobiles,  which  were  donated; 
the  money  allotted  the  Woman's  Committee  for  expenses  is  practically  untouched. 

New   York 

MRS.  JOHN  PRATT,  120  Broadway,  New  York  City,  State  Chairman 
MRS.  WILLARD  STRAIGHT,  State  rice-Chairman 

STATE  QUOTA— Fourth  Liberty  Loan %  1,63  7,929,900 

Amount  raised  through  Woman's  Committee 169,938,600 

Percentage  raised  through  Woman's  Committee 10% 

(No  corporation  subscriptions  taken  by  Woman's  Committee.) 

SUB.  SECURED  PERCENT 

CITY  QUOTA  BY  WOMEN  OF  QUOTA  CHAIRMAN 

Buffalo 3      61,648,400         3  7,038,600  11%  Mrs.  Theodore  M.  Pomeroy 

New  York  City .   1,322,473,200          94,303,600  7%          .Mrs.  Courtland  Barnes 

Rochester 31,100,200  950,450  3%  Mrs.  Frank  P.  Van  Hoesen 

The  Woman's  Committee  report  taking  452,105  subscriptions  and  that  the  name  and  address 
of  every  subscriber  is  listed  at  headquarters.  Of  this  number  not  more  than  1,200  were  sub- 
scribers in  excess  of  31,000  and  not  more  than  20,000  were  subscribed  in  amounts  of  3500 
and  over.  This  is  proof  conclusive  of  reaching  the  small  investor  to  an  extraordinary  extent. 

Outside  of  New  York  City  the  Woman's  Committee  secured  23%  of  the  New  York  state 
quota.  There  were  two  counties  worked  on  percentage  basis,  one  allowed  the  Woman's  Com- 
mittee 50%  and  the%ther  33^%- 

Gleanings  from  the  Campaign: 

Women's  organizations  in  New  York  City  subscribed  338,231,490. 

A  camouflaged  Fifth  Avenue  bus  in  charge  of  the  Motor  Corps  of  America  paraded  the 
streets  of  New  York  City  for  the  duration  of  the  Loan  and  secured  subscriptions  to  the  amount 
of  3239,000. 

The  Foreign  Language  Division  of  the  Woman's  Committee  of  New  York  City  reported 
32,857,800  subscribed.  The  Booth  Committee  reports  344,836,200  subscribed.  The  Theatre 
Committee  of  the  Boroughs  of  Manhattan,  Brooklyn  and  the  Bronx  report  326,892,900  subscribed. 

The  Liberty  Theatre  maintained  by  the  Stage  Woman's  War  Relief  Association  on  the 
steps  of  the  Public  Library,  in  New  York  City,  on  Fifth  Avenue  at  Forty-first  Street,  kept  a 
continuous  performance  of  speeches  and  music  going  daily  from  eleven  o'clock  until  six  o'clock, 
for  the  duration  of  the  Liberty  Loan  campaign  and  secured  subscriptions  for  32,351,800  worth 
of  Bonds.  It  would  be  impossible  to  estimate  the  publicity  value  of  this  brilliant  enterprise, 
which  reached  thousands  of  people  daily  and  was  the  crowning  point  of  the  carnival  that  was 
Fifth  Avenue  during  the  Fourth  Liberty  Loan. 

It  is  estimated  that  there  were  7,000  women  working  on  Woman's  Liberty  Loan  Committees 
in  New  York  state,  exclusive  of  the  thousands  of  volunteers  helping  in  the  campaign. 


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North  Carolina 

MRS.  R.  H.  LATHAM,  735  Summit  Street,  Winston-Salem,  State  Chairman 

STATE  QUOTA— Fourth  Liberty  Loan 239,900,000 

Amount  raised  by  Woman's  Committees 14,130,600 

Percentage  raised  by  Woman's  Committees 35% 

(Two  counties  worked  on  a  percentage  basis  with  the  Men's  Committee  being  credited 
with  50%  of  the  amount  raised.) 

Number  of  subscriptions  through  Woman's  Committee 28,198 

Men  and  women  held  conferences  together. 

Gleanings  from  the  Campaign: 

In  Granville  County  trucks  equipped  with  pianos  and  singers  went  from  village  to  village 
through  the  county  holding  community  "sings"  and  selling  Bonds.  Heralds  went  before  with 
bugles  calling  the  people  "to  the  colors."  This  proved  very  effective,  and  the  county's  quota 
was  subscribed  in  one  day. 

In  Franklin  County  the  influenza  epidemic  was  so  severe  that  the  Liberty  Loan  Committee 
abandoned  the  plan  for  a  house-to-house  canvass.  The  Woman's  Committee,  feeling  that 
this  work  was  necessary,  took  it  in  hand,  and  raised  the  county's  quota. 

Stories  are  numerous  where  women  in  the  mountain  counties  went  in  Fords  and  on  horse 
back  to  reach  meetings  of  people  and  to  make  the  personal  appeal.  Many  hardships  were 
encountered,  and  often  it  was  necessary  to  appeal  for  help  to  pull  the  car  out  of  the  mud,  but  they 
were  not  daunted  and  it  is  true  that  the  spirit  of  loyal  determination  shown  by  these  women 
has  quickened  the  patriotism  of  the  people  of  the  mountains. 

King's  Daughters,  the  only  organization  of  women  reporting  Bond  sales,  reported 
?41 5,750  secured  in  subscriptions. 

North  Dakota 

Miss  MINNIE  NIELSON,  Court  House,  Valley  City,  State  Chairman 
MRS.  W.  A.  MclNTYRE,  Grand  Forks,  State  Pice-Chairman 

STATE  QUOTA— Fourth  Liberty  Loan 320,000,000 

Amount  credited  to  Woman's  Committee 5,000,000 

Percentage  credited  to  Woman's  Committee 25% 

(The  Allotment  Plan  was  used  and  the  Woman's  Committee  was  credited 
with  one-fourth  of  the  amount  raised.) 

Gleanings  from  the  Campaign: 

In  McLean  County,  the  northern  part  of  which  is  in  the  Bartholdi  Indian  Reservation, 
Miss  Lee  Satterlund  of  Washburn  sold  Bonds  to  fifty  Indian  women.  Among  the  purchasers 
were  Mary  Dog  Fast  and  Edna  Wounded  Face. 

Ohio  . 

MRS.  FRANK  MULHAUSER,  1560  Mistletoe  Drive,  Cleveland,  State  Chairman 
Miss  HILDEGARDE  ANGELL,  State  Vice-Chairman 

STATE  QUOTA— Fourth  Liberty  Loan 2327,407,750 

Amount  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 35,501,975 

Percentage  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 11% 

Two  counties  worked  on  percentage  basis,  being  credited  with  33^% 
in  one  county,  and  12}^%  in  the  other. 

Number  of  Subscriptions  through  Woman's  Committee 44,861 

Number  of  350  Bonds 18,322 

Number  of  2100  Bonds 14,186 

Number  of  2500  Bonds ' 2,050 

Number  of  21000  Bonds 2,788 

SUB. SECURED     PERCENT 

CITY  QUOTA  BY  WOMEN      OF  QUOTA          CHAIRMAN 

Cincinnati  2  38,372,750         29,977,300  26%        Mrs.  A.  C.  Shinkle 

Columbus.     12,351,100  2,148,300  17%        Mrs.  Frank  C.  Martin 

Cleveland  .  112,100,950  7,200,300          6^%        Mrs.  E.  C.  T.  Miller 


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Gleanings  from  the  Campaign: 

A  special  feature  of  the  campaign  was  a  replica  of  Mount  Vernon  on  the  Public  Square  in 
Cleveland  for  Bond  Sales  Headquarters.  An  old  time  stage  coach  with  postillion  and  four  horses 
carrying  George  and  Martha  Washington  and  Betsy  Ross  to  Mount  Vernon,  attracted  much 
attention. 

In  Dayton,  the  use  of  a  gold  tag  by  the  Woman's  Committee  for  a  last  day  "Buy  Another 
Bond"  campaign  was  successful. 

An  automobile  tour  of  the  "Liberty  Loan  Limited"  was  effective  in  the  rural  sections  of 
Cuyahoga  County. 

When  the  influenza  put  a  stop  to  all  meetings,  county-wide  telephone  campaigns  were 
instituted  and  proved  a  great  success. 


Oklahoma 

DR.  LEILA  E.  ANDREWS,  405  Colcord  Bldg.,  Oklahoma  City,  State  Chairman 
MRS.  W.  C.  CAUDILL,  Durant,  State  Pice-Chairman 

STATE  QUOTA— Fourth  Liberty  Loan $43,468,295 

Amount  credited  to  Woman's  Committee 10,009,600 

Percentage  credited  to  Woman's  Committee 22% 


Oregon 

MRS.  SARAH  EVANS,  408  Platt  Bldg.,  Portland,  State  Chairman 

STATE  QUOTA— Fourth  Liberty  Loan 333,708,128 

Amount  credited  to  Woman's  Committee 13,127,450 

Percentage  credited  to  Woman's  Committee 38% 

In  some  counties  of  the  state  the  Allotment  Plan  was  used. 

CITY  QUOTA— Portland $18,323,421 

Amount  credited  to  Woman's  Committee 5,848,150 

Percentage  credited  to  Woman's  Committee 32% 

Amount  subscribed  through  Organizations  of  Women $1,176,850 

Gleanings  from  the  Campaign: 

In  Multnomah  County,  which  includes  Portland,  the  Woman  Chairman  of  the  Foreign 
Language  group  did  such  excellent  work,  and  was  so  successful  in  selling  Bonds  to  these  people 
that  the  Men's  Committee  asked  her  to  take  entire  charge  of  that  branch  of  the  campaign  for 
them. 

On  September  21st,  the  entire  state  participated  in  a  "Mothers  Parade",  which  was  the 
special  feature  of  the  campaign.  Only  mothers,  wives,  sisters  and  children  of  those  in  service 
were  eligible.  It  was  estimated  that  in  Portland  5000  were  in  line,  1200  being  mothers,  headed 
by  18  Gold  Star  Mothers.  It  was  a  great,  silent  appeal  which  passed  through  the  crowded  streets. 
Two  weeks  before  the  parade  women  were  requested  through  the  newspapers,  pulpits,  schools, 
clubs,  etc.,  to  participate  in  the  parade  and  to  register  at  headquarters.  In  this  way  over  1200 
names  of  women  were  procured  who  can  be  called  on  to  assist  in  another  campaign. 

Women  working  on  men's  teams  were  allowed  to  credit  subscriptions  so  secured  to  Woman's 
Committee.  Over  a  thousand  were  so  employed  in  Portland. 


Pennsylvania 

MRS.  J.  O.  MILLER,  7109  Jenkins  Arcade,  Pittsburgh,  State  Chairman 

STATE  QUOTA— Fourth  Liberty  Loan $703,567,000 

Amount  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 226,141,061 

Percentage  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 32% 

Number  of  subscriptions  through  Woman's  Committee 1,001,039 


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CITY  QUpTA— Pittsburgh  (Including  Allegheny  County) 3163,452,750 

Amount  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 66,680,300 

Percentage  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 40% 

MRS.  CLARENCE  RENSHAW,  Chairman 

CITY  QUOTA— Philadelphia  (Including  Philadelphia  County) 3259,198,000 

Amount  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 71,235,170 

Percentage  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 27% 

Gleanings  from  Pittsburgh  Campaign: 

In  Allegheny  County,  which  includes  Pittsburgh,  12,000  women  volunteered  their  services 
for  the  Fourth  Campaign.  They  wrote  150,000  applications  in  spite  of  the  prevalence  of  the 
influenza  and  the  quarantine,  which  stopped  all  meetings.  They  took  subscriptions  for  over 
sixty-six  million  dollars  at  a  cost  of  one-hundredth  of  one  percent. 

The  Woman's  Committee  had  charge  of  all  the  booths,  which  numbered  fifty,  and  through 
which  332,926,350  worth  of  subscriptions  were  taken. 

The  schools  were  entirely  under  the  Woman's  Committee  securing  18,528  subscriptions 
amounting  to  33,686i700.  An  instance  of  the  splendid  work  done  by  the  schools  is  the  record 
of  the  Peabody  High  School.  With  a  total  enrollment  of  1,555,  98%  of  the  enrollment,  or 
1,522  pupils  sold  at  least  one  Bond. 

The  Boy  Scouts  working  under  the  direction  of  their  own  organization  and  reporting  to 
the  Woman's  Committee  secured  subscriptions  for  34,318,400  worth  of  Bonds. 

On  the  first  day  of  the  campaign  the  Woman's  Committee  in  Pittsburgh  served  what  was 
called  a  Trench  Breakfast,  on  a  short  street  back  of  their  offices,  called  William  Penn  Way, 
the  Y.  W.  C.  A.  taking  charge  of  the  service.  Twelve  hundred  women  were  seated  at  this 
out-door  breakfast.  At  one  side  was  an  orchestra  and  a  quartette,  at  each  place  was  a  song 
sheet  with  the  words  of  all  the  popular  war  songs.  After  the  meal  was  served  there  were  alter- 
nate periods  of  singing  and  speaking.  As  it  would  have  been  impossible  for  one  speaker  to  have 
been  heard  by  so  vast  a  throng,  for  many  additional  onlookers  had  gathered,  there  were  20 
speakers,  all  working  at  once,  each  one  covering  two  divisions.  Each  speech  was  confined  to 
five  minutes  and  at  the  end  of  such  a  period  the  speakers  changed  places,  so  that  for  half  an  hour 
they  kept  up  a  steady  run  of  short,  snappy  talks.  At  the  end  of  this  time  Mr.  Daniels  was  due 
to  arrive,  but  his  train  was  delayed  and  there  was  a  wait  of  considerable  length,  but  the  women 
were  patient,  though  they  had  been  served  at  one  o'clock  and  Mr.  Daniels  did  not  arrive  until 
four  o'clock.  Upon  his  arrival  he  was  introduced  by  the  chairman  of  the  Woman's  Committee, 
and  gave  a  stirring  speech  to  the  women.  This  eager  and  enthusiastic  gathering  was  an  aus- 
picious beginning  for  the  campaign. 

Several  days  later  the  Woman's  Committee  celebrated  their  first  special  day;  this  was 
called  Hero  Day,  celebrating  the  American  heroes  who  had  gone  over  to  the  other  side.  A 
booth  was  named  after  every  celebrated  general.  All  were  successful,  but  the  one  that  did  the 
record  business  was  the  Memorial  Booth;  there  on  a  large  tablet  were  listed  all  the  names  of 
the  boys  from  Allegheny  County  who  had  fallen  in  France.  Every  woman  who  asked  for  a 
subscription  at  that  booth  was  one  who  had  given  her  boy  on  the  field  of  battle  to  her  country. 
The  result  of  this  appeal  was  35,137,250  worth  of  subscriptions. 

The  next  special  feature  was  Allied  Day,  which  was  extremely  unique  and  attractive. 
Eighteen  trucks  were  decorated  as  booths  and  travelled  over  the  city  streets;  each  of  these 
booths  represented  an  Allied  country  and  ran  the  whole  gamut  from  the  United  States  to  China. 
All  these  booths  specialized  in  the  districts  where  the  people  of  their  own  nationality  lived  and 
all  reaped  a  good  harvest.  This  not  only  aroused  the  enthusiasm  of  the  various  allied  citizens, 
but  attracted  great  attention  and  gave  the  Woman's  Committee  great  publicity,  securing 
33,481,100  worth  of  subscriptions. 

Urged  on  by  the  necessity  of  making  people  subscribe  again  for  Bonds  the  Woman's  Com- 
mittee decided  to  try  what  was  called  a  "Life  Saver."  They  published  widely  in  the  papers 
that  after  a  certain  date  Liberty  Loan  buttons  would  be  no  protection  against  being  solicited 
for  Bonds,  that  the  only  people  who  would  not  be  solicited  were  those  wearing  a  Life  Tag.  They 
then  filled  the  streets  with  their  solicitors.  This  was  so  successful  that  a  rather  humorous 
incident  occurred.  The  men's  committee  came,  saying  that  they  could  sell  no  more  Bonds 
unless  the  Woman's  Committee  allowed  them  also  to  use  the  Life  Line.  The  women  at  first 
demurred  as  it  had  been  their  idea,  but  the  men  were  so  insistent,  even  offering  to  pay  all  the 
bills  for  the  women's  as  well  as  their  own,  that  they  finally  gave  in,  and  in  a  twinkling  every 
good  citizen  of  Pittsburgh  wore  a  Life  Line  in  his  coat.  In  connection  with  this  Life  Line,  it  is 
interesting  to  know  that  the  Woman's  Committee  received  permission  from  the  street  car  com- 
panies for  their  solicitors  to  board  the  cars  and  sell  Bonds.  This  was  the  first  time  such  per- 
mission had  been  given  in  Pittsburgh. 


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Rhode  Island 

MRS.  WALTER  PECK,  113  Waterman  Street,  Providence,  State  Chairman 
MRS.  WILLIAM  L.  HODGMAN,  State  Vice-Chairman 

STATE  QUOTA— Fourth  Liberty  Loan 350,000,000 

Amount  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 4,726,850 

Percentage  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 9.45% 

(No  corporation  Subscriptions  taken  by  Woman's  Committee) 

Number  of  Subscriptions  through  Woman's  Committee . .          11,526 

CITY  QUOTA— Providence 330,000,000 

Amount  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 2,265,650 

Percentage  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 7 -5% 

Women's  organizations  had  charge  of  the  booths  and  secured .  .  3384,200 

Gleanings  from  the  Campaign: 

In  Narragansett  the  Woman's  Committee  raised  153%  of  the  quota. 

South  Dakota 

MRS.  ELLWOOD  PERISHO,  State  College,  Brookings,  State  Chairman 

STATE  QUOTA— Fourth  Liberty  Loan 336,815,850 

Amount  credited  to  Woman's  Committee 9,202,962 

Percentage  credited  to  Woman's  Committee 25% 

Number  of  women  subscribing 31,053 

Purchasing  33,903,450  worth  of  Bonds 

(The  Allotment  Plan  was  used  the  women  being  credited  with  25%  of 
the  subscriptions  taken) 

Gleanings  from  the  Campaign: 

Publicity  was  done  almost  entirely  through  the  newspapers.  The  State  Chairman  had  a 
list  of  all  the  papers  in  the  state,  and  the  dailies  which  were  taken  in  the  state,  and  to  each  of 
these  papers  articles  with  local  coloring  were  sent. 

County  Chairman  made  use  of  the  talent  of  the  school  children  and  had  them  make  posters. 

One  County  Chairman  sent  a  card  to  every  man  in  the  county  suggesting  that  his  wife 
would  rather  have  a  Liberty  Bond  for  a  Christmas  gift  than  any  other  present. 

22%  of  the  women  in  the  state  are  Bond  holders. 

In  one  township  every  inhabitant,  but  seven,  man,  woman,  and  child,  bought  a  Bond. 

The  campaign  in  South  Dakota  was  practically  over  in  one  day. 

South  Carolina 

MRS.  F.  S.  MUNSELL,  1824  Green  Street,  Columbia,  State  Chairman 
MRS.  GEORGE  L.  BAKER,  State  Vice-Chairman 

STATE  QUOTA— Fourth  Liberty  Loan 332,450,000 

Amount  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 10,286,450 

Percentage  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 31% 

(In  three  counties  the  women  worked  on  a  percentage  basis  being 
credited  with  50%  of  the  subscriptions) 

Number  of  Subscriptions  in  state 77,619 

Number  of  Subscriptions  through  Woman's  Committee 41,664 

Number  350  Bonds 15,661 

Number  3100  Bonds 9,876 

Number  3500  Bonds 2,237 

Number  31000  Bonds 1,242 

Gleanings  from  the  Campaign: 

The  City  of  Columbia  was  so  well  organized  and  thoroughly  canvassed  that  2000  more 
subscriptions  were  sold  than  there  were  names  in  the  1918  city  directory. 

Decorated  automobiles  carrying  speakers  to  rural  districts,  proved  a  successful  campaign 
activity. 

In  Berkely  County  the  Men's  Committee  turned  the  campaign  entirely  over  to  the  women. 


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Tennessee 

MRS.  SAMUEL  PHILLIPS,  Commercial  Bank  Bldg.,  Memphis,  State  Chairman 

Mrs.  John  Aust,  Nashville,  Chairman  Zone  1 
Mrs.  Milton  Ochs,  Chattanooga,  Chairman  Zone  2 

Mrs.  S.  J.  Ellis,  Memphis,  Chairman  Zone  3 
Mrs.  J.  D.  Varnell,  Knoxville,  Chairman  Zone  4 

STATE  QUOTA— Fourth  Liberty  Loan 52,408,000 

Amount  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 25,273,525 

Percentage  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 47% 

Zone  conferences,  instead  of  a  state  conference,  were  held,  called  jointly 

by  men  and  women 

In  the  4th  Campaign  in  many  counties  in  Tennessee  the  Women's  Committee  arranged 
with  the  men  for  a  50%  credit. 
Gleanings  from  the  Campaign: 

Agricultural  Campaign  was  conducted  by  organized  house-to-house  canvass.  The  women 
travelling  in  buggies  and  on  horseback  where  machines  could  not  go.  The  State  Chairman  gave 
special  attention  to  the  agricultural  districts,  talking  to  county  courts  on  first  Mondays  during 
the  entire  summer.  Negroes  organized  and  did  splendid  work  without  outside  help. 

Nashville  women  conducted  a  wonderful  campaign,  and  the  feature  of  it  was  street  booths, 
over  twenty  in  number.  From  morning  until  eleven  at  night  those  booths  were  open  and  oper- 
ated by  leading  women.  All  of  the  leading  young  girls  in  town  gave  their  entire  time  to  these 
and  special  amusement  programs  were  given  during  the  day  and  evening  at  these  booths.  The 
programs  were  invariably  printed  in  the  papers  the  day  before.  The  street  looked  like  a  big 
carnival;  everything  else  in  Nashville  was  closed  on  account  of  influenza,  but  the  women  saw 
their  campaign  through.  The  result  was  the  Nashville  women  sold  actually  64%  of  the  city's 
quota. 

The  publicity  chairman  in  Nashville,  for  both  men  and  women,  was  a  member  of  the  Woman's 
organization. 

In  Knoxville  and  Nashville  brilliant  night  parades  were  an  activity  of  the  Woman's  Com- 
mittee. 

Texas 

MRS.  MINNIE  FISHER  CUNNINGHAM,  629  Littlefield  Bldg.,  Austin,  State  Chairman 

STATE  QUOTA— Fourth  Liberty  Loan 2107,784,000 

Amount  credited  to  Woman's  Committee 30,178,800 

Percentage  credited  to  Woman's  Committee 27% 

Gleanings  from  the  Campaign: 

In  Harrison  county  a  band  of  Liberty  Loan  entertainers,  composed  of  singers  and  speakers, 

visited  the  various  towns. 

In  Maverick  county,  after  four  days  work,  the  Woman's  Committee  alone  took  the  county 

"over  the  top." 

There  are  253  counties  in  the  state.    Some  of  these  counties  have  no  railroads,  one   or  two 

have  not  a  post  office,  and  at  least  one  has  not  a  single  bank.     In  all  the  counties  the  women 

worked  for  the  Loan,  although  many  workers  suffered  grievous  losses  from  the  epidemic. 

Two  Letters  from  a  County  Chairman 

LETTER  FROM  UPTON  COUNTY,  TEXAS,  COUNTY  CHAIRMAN,  TO 

TEXAS  STATE  CHAIRMAN 
Letter  No.  1. 

MRS.  MINNIE  CUNNINGHAM,  Rankin,  Texas,  September  8,  1918. 

Galveston,  Texas. 
Dear  Mrs.  Cunningham: 

Mrs.  Mary  Bell  at  your  service.    Am  doing  all  I  can  in  my  small  sphere  to  win  the   war 

No,  I  don't  feel  it  is  "Hot  and  dusty"  for  I  am  a  ranch  woman,  running  sheep  and  cattle 
with  the  assistance  of  my  boy  and  girl.  So  you  see  I  am  tempered  to  the  heat,  dust,  and  cold. 
I  herd  sheep,  run  cattle,  and  incidentally  now  have  undertaken  to  help  run  the  Hun.  Expect  to 
make  as  good  success  at  that  as  I  have  in  running  other  beasts. 

Live  ten  miles  from  town,  but  am  also  teaching  a  little  music  class  in  our  only  school  in  the 
county.  Despite  the  severe  drought,  we  have  had  to  endure,  our  little  handful  of  people 
have  come  nobly  up,  and  we  will  always  be  ready  to  do  all  that  can  be  done.  Just  command  me 

Respectfully, 


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Letter  No.  2. 

Rankin,  Texas,  October  14,  1918. 
Dear  Mrs.  Cunningham: 

Don't  think  the  women  are  not  doing  all  they  can  in  this  part  of  the  world.  We  haven't 
any  but  true  and  tried  workers.  Some  are  out  helping  with  sheep,  driving  the  chuck  wagon, 
and  cooking  for  husbands.  Some  make  cow  hands,  riding  and  working  hard  all  day,  throwtheir 
little  roll  of  bedding  off  the  chuck  wagon,  on  the  ground  at  night,  and  "Fall  in"  as  the  boys  say. 

I  see  so  much  in  every  paper  about  how  much  the  women  are  doing,  but  think  the  women 
out  here  work  under  more  trying  circumstances  than  they  do  most  anywhere  else.  I  wonder 
what  some  would  do  if  they  had  to  stay  out,  just  two  women,  with  two  Mexican  herders  and  a 
flock  of  sheep,  and  a  herd  of  cattle  to  hold  and  care  for  four  days  and  nights  at  a  time,  and  50 
miles  from  any  communication. 

You  see  we  are  not  afraid  of  any  kind  of  work,  and  if  we  women  could  get  two  Huns  each,  a 
good  horse  and  saddle,  and  a  good  gun,  the  men  could  go  on  about  their  business,  and  we  would 
at  least  make  him  work  till  he  wouldn't  be  able  to  kill  babies.  Yours  for  service, 

Utah 

MRS.  W.  MONT  FERRY,  164  E.  South  Temple  Street,  Salt  Lake  City,  State  Chairman 
MRS.  EMALINE  B.  WELLS,  State  Pice-Chairman 

STATE  QUOTA— Fourth  Liberty  Loan $19,821,850 

Amount  credited  to  Woman's  Committee 6,307,000 

Percentage  credited  to  Woman's  Committee 31% 

Number  of  subscriptions  through  Woman's  Committee 31,846 

State  conference  of  men  and  women  held  in  Salt  Lake  City. 

Gleanings  from  the  Campaign: 

A  Woman's  Bank  was  a  special  feature  of  the  campaign  in  Salt  Lake  City.  It  was  of  the 
portable  variety,  and  was  erected  during  the  night,  upon  a  prominent  business  corner,  being 
placed  directly  upon  the  pavement.  The  building  was  painted  white,  with  a  broad  porch  in 
front,  and  a  large  sign  on  top  to  designate  its  purpose.  The  building  was  donated  for  the  cam- 
paign, no  expense  being  incurred  by  the  Committee.  Each  day  a  special  entertainment  was 
featured  upon  the  porch,  and  after  a  crowd  had  been  attracted,  a  strong  appeal  was  made  by 
one  of  the  four  minute  men.  This  "Bungalow  Bank"  helped  materially  to  swell  the  totals  of 
the  women's  committee,  and  was  one  of  the  most  popular  features  of  the  campaign. 

The  National  League  for  Woman's  Service  conducted  a  vigorous  and  intelligent  campaign. 
At  the  State  Fair,  which  was  held  in  Salt  Lake  City  during  the  drive,  this  league  did  especially 
good  work.  Not  only  were  many  Bonds  sold  at  that  time,  but  an  educational  campaign  was 
conducted  among  the  rural  visitors  which  resulted  in  much  good  later. 

The  Women's  Clubs  committee  also  conducted  a  state  campaign.  Women's  Clubs  con- 
tributed three  times  the  amount  subscribed  for  the  Third  Loan — the  women  of  the  labor  organ- 
izations making  a  special  effort  and  conducting  a  booth  at  the  Labor  Temple.  Many  women's 
organizations  reported  one  hundred  per  cent  returns. 

The  churches  in  the  state  did  splendid  work;  a  rivalry  between  denominations  developed 
which  brought  in  amazing  returns. 

Vermont 

MRS.  E.  C.  SMITH,  121  Congress  Street,  St.  Albans,  State  Chairman 
MRS.  GEORGE  H.  SMILIE,  Montpelier,  State  Pice-Chairman 

STATE  QUOTA— Fourth  Liberty  Loan 313,202,300 

Amount  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 3,534,100 

Percentage  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 26% 

(No  corporation  subscriptions  taken  by  Woman's  Committee.) 

Number  of  subscriptions  through  Woman's  Committee 6,332 

State  Conference  held  in  St.  Albans. 
Gleanings  from  the  Campaign: 

Each  county  worked  out  special  features  for  advertising  the  Loan.  In  Rutland  an  original 
idea  was  the  Liberty  Cars.  Touring  cars  were  named  for  the  famous  generals  of  the  Allied 
Armies.  These  cars  ran  competition  sales  and  caused  a  great  deal  of  enthusiasm  besides  selling 
a  large  number  of  Bonds.  Special  attention  was  paid  to  the  schools  and  the  work  done  there 
was  not  only  patriotic  but  educational  in  teaching  thrift  and  investment. 

Although  there  was  a  thoroughly  organized  speakers'  campaign,  with  good  speakers  ap- 
pointed for  the  different  localities  most  of  the  rallies  had  to  be  cancelled  because  of  the  influenza. 


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Virginia 

MRS.  JOHN  L.  HAGAN,  254  Jefferson  Street,  Danville,  State  Chairman 

STATE  QUOTA— Fourth  Liberty  Loan £63,980,000 

Amount  raised  through  Woman's  Committee 21,224,900 

Percentage  raised  through  Woman's  Committee 33J% 

Number  of  subscriptions  through  Woman's  Committee 55,442 

State  conference  held  in  Lynchburg. 
Gleanings  from  the  Campaign: 

Almost  all  special  features  had  to  be  dispensed  with  on  account  of  the  influenza  epidemic. 
In  almost  every  county  and  town,  meetings  were  forbidden  as  well  as  house-to-house  canvass. 
Business  was  suspended  and  nursing  the  sick,  or  burying  the  dead  became  the  chief  occupation. 
The  situation  as  far  as  our  campaign  was  concerned  could  hardly  have  appeared  more  desperate. 
Chairman  begged  and  pleaded  for  an  extension  of  time  to  carry  out  their  quotas  on  time.  It 
was  often  necessary  to  do  this  entirely  by  phone  in  spite  of  a  demoralized  service,  but  they  went 
to  it  and  made  a  great  fight. 

A  great  number  of  people  in  outlying  counties  invested  for  the  first  time,  and  this  class 
particularly  were  reached  by  the  women. 

Washington 

MRS.  OVERTON  G.  ELLIS,  811  North  G.  St.,  Tacoma,  State  Chairman 

MRS.  W.  J.  PATTERSON,  Aberdeen,  State  Pice-Chairman 
MRS.  N.  S.  McCREADY,  Snohomish,  Second  State  Pice-Chairman 

STATE  QUOTA— Fourth  Liberty  Loan $58,216,000 

Amount  credited  to  Woman's  Committee 11,257,907 

Percentage  credited  to  Woman's  Committee 19M% 

CITY  QUOTA— Seattle $16,000,000 

Amount  credited  to  Woman's  Committee 300,000 

Percentage  credited  to  Woman's  Committee 01%% 

MRS.  EDGAR  AMES,  City  Chairman 
Gleanings  from  the  Campaign: 

In  several  counties  Bonds  were  sold  by  correspondence  only.  The  Central  Committee 
wrote  a  letter  to  each  person  in  the  county  and  assigned  him  an  amount  and  asked  him  to  call 
at  the  bank  and  buy  that  amount  on  a  certain  day.  No  solicitation  was  done  in  these  counties 
and  they  more  than  raised  their  quotas.  The  women  assisted  in  all  these  counties  in  the  public- 
ity and  every  means  of  promoting  the  interest  in  Liberty  Bonds. 

One  device  used  by  a  successful  war  worker  in  a  little  Pacific  Beach  community  was  that 
of  sending  a  card  each  week  to  everyone  in  her  precinct  who  had  not  bought  a  Bond.  She  reported 
that  it  finally  did  the  work. 

Owing  to  the  varying  geographical  conditions  in  many  parts  of  the  state  making  travel 
extremely  difficult — the  vast  distances,  the  sparsely  settled  counties — the  varying  industries, 
running  the  gamut  of  logging,  mining,  farming,  fishing,  and  canning  as  well  as  those  pertaining 
to  more  cosmopolitan  life,  such  as  manufacturing,  shipbuilding,  milling,  etc.,  no  set  plans  for 
publicity  could  be  made.  But  to  these  different  communities  were  sent  out  speakers  and  litera- 
ture adapted  to  their  various  conditions. 

Mrs.  Josephine  Preston,  State  Superintendent  of  Schools,  reports  that  in  the  eighth  grade 
schools  every  fifth  child  was  a  Bond  purchaser. 

The  State  Federation  of  Colored  Women  reports  $35,500  subscribed  through  this  organization. 
"The  Children's  Parade"  familiarly  known  as  the  "Kid's  Parade"  was  the  unique  feature 
of  city  campaigns.  This  parade  originated  entirely  in  their  play  and  developed  into  a  big  publi- 
city event.  The  broad  streets  of  the  big  sprawling  western  towns  high  above  Puget  Sound  held 
a  stream  of  moving  children  for  hours.  Street  cars  were  stopped,  motors  stood  in  long  lines, 
and  mothers  and  fathers  leaned  from  shop  and  office  windows  while  the  bands  of  minature  Red 
Cross  Nurses,  companies  of  khaki  clad  Indian  lads  from  the  Cushman  Indian  School,  black 
boys  and  girls  from  the  African  Methodist  Church,  Boy  Scouts,  little  Miss  Liberty,  Uncle  Sam, 
the  Army,  "Little  Mother  and  her  Child"  carrying  the  inevitable  suggestion  of  overseas  "Little 
Mothers",  two  children  of  a  Lieutenant  at  the  front  carrying  a  "Bond  House"  with  "Our  Daddy's 
in  France  and  we  Buy  Liberty  Bonds",  marched  and  marched  through  the  long  afternoon  for  the 
Stars  and  Stripes. 

Aproximately  eight  thousand  "Minute  Women"  served  in  the  Fourth  Campaign.  These 
women  are  organized  for  all  war  work  and  during  the  Liberty  Loan  Campaigns  are  at  the  service 
of  the  State  Chairman  of  the  Woman's  Liberty  Loan  Committee. 

In  Tacoma  this  organization  made  two  house-to-house  canvasses  through  the  residence 
district,  one  distributing  circulars  and  propaganda,  and  the  second  time  following  up,  when  they 
sold  $135,175  worth  of  Bonds. 


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At  the  beginning  of  the  campaign  in  Tacoma  a  Liberty  Loan  dinner  dance  was  given  by 
the  Woman's  Publicity  Committee.  During  the  dinner  while  the  dancers  were  on  the  floor,  a 
fusillade  of  shots  was  heard,  then  a  squad  of  soldiers  with  fixed  bayonets  surrounded  the  dance 
floor  ordering  the  dancers  to  cease  A  speaker  arose  at  one  of  the  tables  and  referred  to  this 
invasion  as  something  that  might  easily  have  occured  on  any  occasion  by  our  enemies  if  this 
country  had  not  taken  such  immediate  steps  to  protect  itself  and  urged  the  buying  of  Bonds  to 
prevent  the  possibility  of  such  happenings  and  to  support  the  splendid  men  who  had  already 
gone  to  defend  us.  After  another  address  by  a  woman  speaker,  girls  passed  subscription  blanks 
taking  in  $32,352  in  subscriptions. 

Pre-campaign  work  was  done  by  the  Woman's  Liberty  Loan  Committee  through  exhibits 
at  the  State  Fair.  A  booth  was  maintained,  posters  were  displayed,  and  members  of  the  Com- 
mittee presided  each  day,  answering  questions  and  giving  out  literature. 

The  State  Federation  of  Women's  Clubs  invested  all  available  funds  in  Liberty  Bonds  and 
many  clubs  throughout  the  state  followed  their  example.  Women's  organizations  were  all 
appealed  to,  and  in  many  cases,  bought  Bonds. 

In  Tacoma  a  committee  of  women  worked  every  day  in  "Victory  Hall"  securing  subscrip- 
tions for  $187,200  worth  of  Bonds,  the  majority  of  which  were  of  $50  denomination. 

ff^est  Virginia 

MRS.  GEO.  POFFENBARGER,  State  Capitol,  Charleston,  State  Chairman 
MRS.  H.  MAYNARD  KIMBERLAND,  State  Pice-Chairman — (Fourth  Federal  Reserve  District) 

STATE  QUOTA— Fourth  Liberty  Loan .$45,748,350 

Amount  credited  to  Woman's  Committee 18,279,950 

Percentage  credited  to  Woman's  Committee 40% 

Gleanings  from  the  Campaign: 

The  Sacrifice  Club,  instituted  in  the  last  days  of  the  campaign  resulted  in  many  thousands 
of  dollars  being  raised,  Wheeling  leading  with  $100,000. 

After  the  first  week  of  the  Loan  no  public  meetings  were  held,  which  necessitated  large 
subscriptions  by  corporations  and  banks  for  which  women's  committees  received  no  credit.  The 
Women's  Committees  in  most  instances  took  charge  of  the  emergency  hospitals  of  the  counties, 
nursed  the  sick  and  looked  after  the  stricken  homes  generally. 

In  Ohio  County  the  men  and  women  divided  the  house-to-house  canvass  equally  and  split 
evenly  big  corporation  subscriptions.  This  was  an  ideal  arrangement  and  deserves  special  mention 
as  a  model  County  Organization  composed  of  two  entirely  separate  organizations  working 
together.  It  is  interesting  to  note  that  in  this  equal  division,  the  women  exceeded  the  men's 
portion  in  the  District  by  $377,400.  After  covering  their  territory  so  thoroughly,  they  procured, 
in  addition,  approximately  $100,000  in  the  Sacrifice  Club  on  from  six  to  eight  hours  notice. 

Wisconsin 

MRS.  JOHN  W.  MARINER,  428  Milwaukee  Street,  Milwaukee,  State  Chairman 
MRS.  E.  M.  WING,  State  Vice-Chairman 

STATE  QUOTA— Fourth  Liberty  Loan $112,050,000 

Amount  credited  to  Woman's  Committee 44,645,258 

Percentage  credited  to  Woman's  Committee 39% 

Throughout  the  state  the  committees  worked  on  a  percentage  basis.  In  the  Seventh 
District  the  Woman's  Committee  being  credited  with  50%  of  subscriptions  and  in  the  Ninth 
District  with  25%. 

State  conference  in  Chicago  for  Seventh  District.  State  conference  held  in  La  Crosse  for 
counties  in  Ninth  District. 

CITY  QUOTA— Milwaukee $32,646,300 

Amount  credited  to  Woman's  Committee 18,107,275 

Percentage  credited  to  Woman's  Committee 50% 

The  following  impressive  resolution  was  adopted  by  the  Milwaukee  County  Wisconsin 
Liberty  Loan  Executive  Committee,  October,  1918:  "In  recognition  of  the  patriotism  of  the 
women  of  Milwaukee  County  and  of  their  co-operation  in  the  county  plan  of  organization  for 
the  sale  of  Bonds  and  by  promoting  educational  work  for  the  Fourth  Liberty  Loan,  the  Mil- 
waukee County  Executive  Committee,  representing  32  industrial  groups,  hereby  assigns  to  the 
Woman's  Liberty  Loan  Committee,  credit  for  one-half  of  the  total  amount  subscribed,  to  the 
end  that  the  men  and  women  of  Milwaukee  County  may  be  justly  represented  as  united  in  the 
support  of  the  Government  in  the  war." 

State  conference  for  counties  in  the  Seventh  District  was  called  jointly  by  men  and  women 
and  were  attended  by  both  organizations.  Conference  held  in  Milwaukee. 


28 REPORT  OF  NATIONAL  WOMAN'S  LIBERTY  LOAN  COMMITTEE 

Gleanings  from  the  Campaign: 

It  is  estimated  that  there  are  10,000  women  enlisted  for  Liberty  Loan  work  in  the  state. 

A  special  responsibility  of  the  publicity  committee  in  each  county  was  the  reaching  of 
farmer's  wives  with  information  about  the  campaign,  and  their  responsibilities  to  their  Govern- 
ment. In  Milwaukee  County,  a  special  decorated  street  car,  one  side  of  which  was  devoted 
to  a  huge  sign  for  the  Woman's  Liberty  Loan  Committee,  was  used  on  the  streets  of  the  city 
during  the  campaign  and  excited  much  interest. 

A  letter  from  Mr.  C.  P.  Cary,  State  Superintendent  of  Schools,  to  all  superintendents, 
principals  and  teachers  in  Wisconsin,  was  sent  with  one  from  the  State  Chairman  of  the  Woman's 
Liberty  Loan  Committee,  urging  co-operation  of  the  schools  in  the  campaign  and  presenting 
the  plans  for  a  contest  in  the  schools  in  four-minute  speeches  and  posters,  for  which  a  diploma 
was  issued  by  the  Seventh  Federal  Reserve  District  Woman's  Liberty  Loan  Committee  to  be 
awarded  to  the  high  school,  graded  school,  private  or  parochial  school,  winning  first  place. 
As  there  were  many  requests  for  diplomas  for  class  and  individual  school  contests,  the  Wiscon- 
sin Woman's  Liberty  Loan  Committee  issued  another,  smaller  diploma  for  this  purpose  and  a 
very  large  number  was  awarded. 

A  Woman's  Speaking  Bureau  was  established  in  each  county;  especial  attention  being 
paid  to  talks  in  moving  picture  houses.  In  Richland  County  the  Woman's  Committee  con- 
ducted the  speaking  campaign  for  both  the  men  and  the  women.  Community  and  chorus 
singing  were  arranged  for  in  every  county. 

The  Wisconsin  editors  gave  the  Woman's  Committee  work  three  times  the  space  devoted 
to  it  in  the  previous  campaign. 

In  Brown  County  a  circular  letter  was  sent  to  all  teachers  in  the  County  suggesting  that 
the  week  before  Liberty  Day  be  devoted  to  the  study  of  the  Allied  Nations,  and  that  it  be  known 
as  Allies  Week,  the  countries  to  be  studied  in  the  order  of  their  entrance  into  the  war:  Monday, 
Belgium  and  Serbia;  Tuesday,  France;  Wednesday,  Great  Britain;  Thursday,  Italy;  Friday, 
United  States.  Topics  to  be  studied  in  connection  with  each  country  were  as  follows: 

1.  Date  of  entrance  into  war  and  reasons.       4.  Famous  leaders. 

2.  Military  record.  5.  Uniform,  Flag,  etc. 

3.  What  part  played  and  how  affected.  6.  Method  of  subscribing  War  Loans. 

The  National  League  for  Woman's  Service  secured  subscriptions  for  $633,450  worth  of 
Liberty  Bonds. 

1,300  cities  and  townships  in  the  state  are  organized  by  the  Woman's  Committee. 

Wyoming 

MRS.  T.  S.  TALIAFERRO,  106  Cedar  Street,  Rock  Springs,  State  Chairman 

STATE  QUOTA— Fourth  Liberty  Loan $7,977,500 

Amount  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 3,204,000 

Percentage  raised  by  Woman's  Committee 40% 

Gleanings  from  the  Campaign: 

Upon  the  man  chairman  of  the  city  of  Green  River  going  to  war,  the  Woman's  Liberty 
Loan  Committee  chairman,  Mrs.  Chris  Weachter,  was  left  with  entire  charge  of  the  Liberty 
Loan  work.  With  a  quota  of  $50,000  and  a  population  of  1500,  the  women  raised  $129,000 
Natrona  County,  Mrs.  C.  E.  Winter,  chairman,  leads  the  other  counties  of  the  state.  With 
a  quota  of  $753,250  the  women  raised  $667,450  with  2304  subscriptions,  of  which  1500  were  $50 
Bonds  and  800  were  $100  Bonds. 

The  method  of  reaching  agricultural  population  was  by  chairmen  taking  their  own  auto- 
mobiles and  spending  days  going  from  one  place  to  another,  often  fifty  and  sixty  miles  apart. 
In  many  rural  districts,  women  not  owning  cars  went  on  horseback.  One  woman  told  of  long, 
lonely  rides  through  the  mountains  to  sell  Bonds.  Another  rode  66  miles  on  horseback  to  get 
subscriptions  from  seven  families.  Another  woman  wrote  that  she  had  been  deserted  by  her 
German  husband  who  left  her  with  a  farm  and  five  children  to  care  for.  She  took  care  of  the 
family  and  farm  alone,  and  as  soon  as  she  harvested  her  crops,  she  took  her  horse  and  visited 
all  families  within  reach  getting  subscriptions  for  the  Loan. 

The  University  of  Wyoming  subscribed  $50,000  through  the  Woman's  Committee,  through 
the  President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  Mrs.  E.  T.  David. 
Recommendations  from  Wyoming  Chairman: 

"That  fewer  speakers  be  sent  to  large  cities  and  more  speakers  be  sent  to  isolated  towns  of 
two  and  three  hundred  population.  The  little  town  of  Pinedale,  which  I  have  in  mind,  in  Fremont 
County,  is  105  miles  from  the  railroad  and  people  there  are  eager  to  hear  speakers,  and  would 
come  from  miles  around  to  attend  a  meeting.  The  truth  is  that  the  speakers  themselves  want 
large  audiences,  whereas,  the  time  spent  in  country  districts  would  give  better  results." 

Another  suggestion;  "To  make  all  women  who  have  helped  in  the  Fourth  Loan  feel  it  their 
duty  to  continue  this  war  work  as  long  as  the  Government  needs  their  work,  even  though  the 
armistice  has  been  signed." 


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PRINTING  AND  DISTRIBUTION 

National  Woman's  Liberty  Loan  Committee 

FOURTH  LIBERTY  LOAN  CAMPAIGN 

In  accordance  with  the  action  of  the  Executive  Committee,  all  printing  for  the  National 
Woman's  Liberty  Loan  Committee  in  the  fourth  campaign  was  done  in  Chicago,  because  of  its 
facilities  for  prompt  and  adequate  service  and  because  of  its  excellent  location  as  a  distributing 
center.  Mrs.  Bass  and  Mrs.  Fairbank  were  authorized  by  the  Treasury  Department  to  open 
headquarters  in  Chicago  to  carry  on  this  work.  An  office  was  opened  on  August  5th,  with  neces- 
sary clerical  help,  and  continued  until  the  close  of  the  campaign  on  October  19th. 

As  the  printing  for  a  division  of  the  Treasury  Department  carried  on  away  from  Washington 
was  a  new  departure,  it  was  necessary  to  comply  with  certain  definite  instructions  from  the 
Treasury  Department  as  to  the  actual  conduct  of  the  work.  Circulars  asking  for  bids  on  each 
item  to  be  printed  were  sent  to  the  best  printing  firms  in  the  city.  These  bids  were  then  acted 
upon  by  the  Committee,  and  the  contract  awarded  on  the  basis  of  price,  quality  of  stock,  known 
capacity  of  the  plant,  and  ability  to  make  deliveries  promptly.  The  three  companies  among 
which  the  contracts  jvere  distributed  rendered  excellent  service. 

Questionnaires  asking  for  estimates  of  the  quantities  of  the  various  pieces  of  material  it 
was  proposed  to  issue  were  sent  to  each  State  and  Federal  Reserve  Chairman,  together  with  a 
letter  explaining  the  plan  of  distribution.  In  those  instances  where  there  was  delay  in  sending 
in  the  questionnaires  or  where  for  some  reason  they  were  not  returned  at  all,  it  was  necessary 
for  the  committee  to  make  up  the  estimate. 

A  new  method  of  distribution  was  adopted  for  the  Fourth  Loan;  an  original  shipment  of 
each  item  was  made  directly  to  State  Chairmen,  and  a  reserve  supply  placed  with  the  Federal 
Reserve  Chairmen  to  cover  additional  requirements  of  the  State  Chairmen  during  the  campaign. 
In  this  way  the  rush  orders  of  the  State  Chairmen  were  handled  more  promptly  and  efficiently 
tkan  by  the  old  method  of  maintaining  a  general  distribution  headquarters  for  the  whole  country. 
^  An  arrangement  was  made  with  the  printing  firms,  whereby  they  performed  all  the  work  of 
wrapping,  packing  and  shipping  the  material  printed  by  them,  thus  obviating  the  necessity  of 
distribution  headquarters.  A  list  of  the  quantities  of  each  item  to  be  shipped  the  State  Chairmen 
was  sent  the  contracting  firms,  and  from  this  they  made  out  the  government  bills  of  lading  which 
were  duly  OK'd  by  the  representative  of  the  Office  of  Collector  of  Customs  and  certificates  of 
delivery  issued  by  him. 

The  use  of  a  "Record  of  Shipment"  blank,  furnished  a  check  on  the  shipments  made  each 
day  by  the  various  printing  firms,  and  also  on  the  receipt  of  each  shipment  by  the  State  Chair- 
men. A  table  has  been  compiled  from  the  returned  blanks  showing  the  length  of  time  required 
for  the  various  shipments  to  the  forty-eight  states  and  to  Alaska. 

All  the  general  Liberty  Loan  advertising  and  publicity  material  issued  by  the  National 
Publicity  Bureau  was  sent  direct  to  the  twelve  Federal  Reserve  District  Liberty  Loan  Committees. 
The  Executive  Committees  in  the  various  districts  were  notified  by  Mr.  Wilson,  Director  of  the 
Publicity  Bureau  in  the  Treasury  Department,  Washington,  to  "instruct  their  subordinate 
committees  to  make  a  liberal  supply  of  all  literature  and  other  material  requested  by  women 
Liberty  Loan  Committees."  Mr.  Wilson  also  suggested  that  he  believed  it  would  be  "advantage- 
ous to  assign  certain  items  of  publicity  material  upon  which  the  women  might  specialize  in  their 
distribution,  wherever  practicable."  Where  full  co-operation  existed  between  the  man  and 
woman  State  Chairmen,  it  was  possible  for  the  latter  to  turn  over  her  list  of  county  and  district 
chairmen  to  the  men's  committee,  who  would  simply  send  out  all  advertising  and  publicity 
material  to  the  women  at  the  same  time  that  it  was  sent  to  the  men's  organization.  This  appears 
to  be  the  most  satisfactory  arrangement  which  has  been  adopted  and  will  be  recommended  for 
general  adoption  in  the  Fifth  Loan. 

In  accordance  with  the  policy  of  the  National  Committee  to  co-operate  with  the  War 
Industries  Board  and  save  paper  and  labor,  one  form  of  letterhead  only  was  issued,  which  did 
not  carry  an^  special  office  designation,  and  therefore  was  suitable  for  general  use,  and  franked 
post  cards  were  sent  out  to  Chairmen  with  instructions  to  use  them  for  short  communications. 

A  "Certificate  of  Appointment"  signed  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  and  by  Mrs.  Bass, 
as  Secretary  of  the  National  Woman's  Liberty  Loan  Committee,  was  issued  to  State  Chairmen 
to  send  their  county  and  district  chairmen.  In  addition  little  "credential  cards"  were  printed 
for  the  use  of  all  local  chairmen  to  serve  as  a  means  of  identification  in  their  work.  A  "Record 
of  Subscription"  blank  was  issued,  which  was  designed  to  serve  both  as  a  receipt  from  the  local 
men's  committee  for  the  subscriptions  turned  in  daily  by  the  woman's  committee,  and  also  as 
a  record  for  the  women's  work. 

Three  sets  of  cards,  a  different  form  for  State,  City  and  County  Chairmen,  were  sent  out 
for  use  in  reporting  subscriptions  taken  by  Women's  Committees.  These  report  blanks  were 
printed  on  franked  post  cards,  and  arranged  so  that  each  week  of  the  drive  might  be  reported 
separately,  with  a  minimum  of  work  to  reporting  chairmen. 


30 REPORT  OF  NATIONAL  WOMAN'S  LIBERTY  LOAN  COMMITTEE 

Only  three  pieces  of  literature  were  issued  for  the  Fourth  campaign — the  Information  Folder, 
the  "First  Service  Star"  folder,  and  the  Report  of  the  Third  Loan.  The  Central  Liberty  Loan 
Committee  (men's)  of  the  Eighth  Federal  Reserve  District  asked  for  ten  thousand  copies  of  the 
Information  Folder,  compiled  by  Mrs.  Fairbank  and  Mrs.  Bass,  for  distribution  through  their 
organization.  The  little  folder  called  the  "First  Service  Star"  was  originally  printed  in  the 
Seventh  Federal  Reserve  District  in  the  Third  Campaign,  where  it  was  used  most  effectively. 
As  in  previous  campaigns,  the  Report  of  the  National  Woman's  Liberty  Loan  Committee  was 
compiled  by  Mrs.  Fairbank. 

The  thanks  of  the  National  Committee  are  due  to  the  Liberty  Loan  Committee  of  the 
Seventh  Federal  Reserve  district,  under  the  personal  direction  of  Mr.  Merritt,  for  their  assistance 
in  securing  offices  for  this  work,  the  loaning  of  all  necessary  items  of  equipment,  and  the  use  of 
their  office  facilities.  Miss  Dixon,  Federal  Reserve  Chairman  for  Women,  was  also  of  great 
service  to  this  work  of  the  National  Committee. 

Material  Issued  and  Number  of  Shipments  by  National 
Roman's  Liberty  Loan  Committee 

Total  quantity  of  material  shipped 9,216,470 

Individual  Shipments: 

Envelopes — three  sizes — 83  shipments  of  each 332 

Letterheads 87 

Labels • 87 

Post-cards 87 

Weekly  Report  Cards — County 67 

Weekly  Report  Cards — City 67 

Weekly  Report  Cards— State 49 

Certificates  of  Appointment SO                    . 

First  Service  Star  folder — 2  deliveries  to  list 122 

Identification  Cards 61 

Record  of  Subscription  Blanks 61 

Report  of  Third  Loan 1,987 

Information  Folders 70 

Arm  Bands.  .  51 


Total  number  of  individual  shipments 3,178 

National  Conference  of  the  National  Roman's 
Liberty  Loan  Committee 

On  July  16th,  17th,  and  18th,  1918,  the  National  Woman's  Liberty  Loan  Committee  called 
a  conference  of  all  Federal  Reserve  and  State  Chairmen,  to  discuss  the  problems  of  the  Fourth 
Loan. 

Eleven  Federal  Reserve  Chairmen  and  44  State  Chairmen,  or  their  representatives,  attended 
this  conference. 

It  was  in  session  for  three  days;  the  fullest  discussion  prevailed,  and  the  varied  problems 
of  Chairmen  from  widely  separated  states  were  brought  before  it.  The  attendance  was  large,  as 
many  Vice  Chairmen  and  Publicity  Chairmen  came  on  their  own  initiative. 


We  Beg  Your  Pardon! 


Washington:  The  amount  of  money  credited  to  the  Woman's  Committee  in  the  Report  of  the 
Third  Loan  was  incorrectly  given  as  31,182,000.  The  amount  raised  by  this  committee 
in  the  Third  Loan  was  32,474,300. 

First  Federal  Reserve  District:  The  Third  Report  omitted  to  state  the  fact  that  in  New  England 
the  Woman's  Committee  took  no  corporation  subscriptions. 

Maine:  The  Third  Report  made  a  mistake  on  quota.  Woman's  percentage  should  be  10% 
instead  of  16%  as  credited. 

Wyoming:  Woman's  Committee  for  Third  Loan  in  Wyoming  reached  32,314,500.  (Was  cred- 
ited with  32,230,650.) 

Ohio:    In  Third  Campaign  Cincinnati's  subscriptions  were  20%  not  11%  of  quota. 

In  Cincinnati  and  Cleveland  house-to-house  canvassing  was  carried  on  by  men  and  women 
but  not  so  stated  in  report. 

Georgia:  Third  Report  gave  Georgia  311,679,530.  It  should  have  been  38,452,650.  Full 
report  reached  headquarters  after  report  went  to  press. 


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REPORT  OF  NATIONAL  WOMAN'S  LIBERTY  Lot 

Federal  Reserve  Chairmen  for  Victory 
Liberty  Loan 


First  District: 

Mrs.   F.   L.   Higginson,   95   Milk   St., 
Boston,  Mass. 

Second  District: 

Mrs.  John  Pratt,  120  Broadway,  New 
York  City. 

Third  District: 

Mrs.  Henry  D.  Jump,  217  Liberty  Bldg., 
Broad  &ChesterSts.,Philadelphia,Pa. 

Fourth  District: 

Mrs.  Frank  Muhlhauser,  508  Park  Bldg., 
Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Fifth  District: 

Mrs.  J.  S.  Scott  Parish. 
Sixth  District: 

Mrs.    Samuel    Lumpkin,    Chamber    of 
Commerce  Bldg.,  Atlanta,  Ga. 


Seventh  District: 

Miss  Grace  Dixon,  105  West  Monroe  St., 
Chicago,  111. 

Eighth  District: 

Mrs.  Theodore  Benoist,  210  N.  Broad- 
way, St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Ninth  District: 

Mrs.  C.  A.  Severance,  1512  Merchants 

Bank  Bldg.,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 
Tenth  District: 

Mrs.  George  W.  Fuller,  520  Gates  Bldg. 

Kansas  City,  Mo. 
Eleventh  District: 

Mrs.  E.  B.  Reppert,  405  Slaughter  Bldg., 

Dallas,  Texas. 
Twelfth  District: 

Mrs.  A.  S.  Baldwin,  430  California  St., 
San  Francisco,  Cal. 


A  change  has  been  made  in  the  organization  of  the  National  Woman's  Liberty  Loan  Com- 
mittee for  the  Fifth  Campaign  as  regards  those  states  which  lie  in  two  Federal  Reserve  Districts. 
In  response  to  a  general  request  from  the  Governors  of  Federal  Reserve  Banks  to  make  the 
woman's  organization  conform  more  closely  to  that  of  the  men,  it  was  decided  to  appoint  two 
chairmen  in  the  divided  states. 

State  Chairmen  for  the  Victory  Liberty 
Loan  Campaign 


Alaska— Mrs.  T.  J.  Donohoe,  Valdez. 

Alabama— Mrs.  John  D.  McNeel,  1490  Mil- 
ner,  Crescent,  Birmingham.     (Office)  420 
Jefferson  County  Bank  Bldg. 
Arizona 

Twelfth  District— Miss  Alice  M.  Birdsall 
Hotel  Adams,   Phoenix.     (Office)    Box 
419,  421  Fleming  Bldg. 
Eleventh  District — Mrs.  Wm.  H.  Sawtelle 
345  E.  Third  St.,  Tucson. 

Arkansas— Mrs.  C.  H.  Brough,  2107  Arch  St. 
Little  Rock.  (Office)  Governor's  Office. 

California — Mrs.  E.  R.  Brainerd,  Hotel  Alex- 
andria, Los  Angeles.  (Office)  Palace  Ho- 
tel, San  Francisco. 

VICE    CHAIRMEN 

Miss  Mary  E.  Foy,  400  San  Rafael  Heights 

Pasadena. 
Mrs.  Murray  Warner,  2335  Pacific  Ave., 

San  Francisco. 

Colorado — Mrs.  Helen  Ring  Robinson,  1222 
Gaylord  St.,  Denver.  (Office)  206  Inter- 
national Trust  Bldg. 

Connecticut — Mrs.  Morgan  G.  Bulkeley,  100 
Washington  St.,  Hartford.  (Office)  36 
Pearl  St. 


Delaware — Mrs.  Henry  Ridgely,  The  Green, 
Dover.     (Office)  State  St.  and  The  Green. 
District  of  Columbia — 
Florida — Mrs.  W.  S.  Jennings,  1845  Main  St. 

Jacksonville. 

Georgia — Mrs.  Z.  I.  Fitzpatrick,  Madison. 
Idaho — Mrs.  Teresa  M.  Graham,  Villa  Glen- 

dalough,  Coeur  d'Alene. 
Illinois 

Seventh  District — Mrs.  Howard  T.  Willson, 

Virden.     (Office)  Room  1003,  105  W. 

Monroe  St.,  Chicago.     Room  400,  130 

S.  Sixth  St.,  Springfield. 

Eighth  District— Mrs.  William  M.  Hart, 

Benton. 
Indiana 

Seventh  District — Mrs.   Frederick   H.   Me 
Culloch,  2423  Fairfield  Ave.,  Ft.  Wayne. 
(Office)  722  Clinton  St. 
Eighth  District — Mrs.  Fred  W.  Lauenstein, 

716  Adams  St.,  Evansville. 
Iowa— Mrs.  Wilbur  W.  Marsh,  408  South  St., 
Waterloo.    (Office)  407  Leavitt  &  John- 
son Bank  Bldg. 

Kansas— Mrs.  Henry  Ware  Allen,  3420 
Country  Club  Place,  Wichita.  (Office)  Y. 
W.C.A.Bldg. 


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REPORT  OF  NATIONAL  WOMAN'S  LIBERTY  LOAN  COMMITTEE 


STATE  CHAIRMEN  FOR  THE  VICTORY  LIBERTY  LOAN  CAMPAIGN  —  CONCLUDED 


Kentucky 

Fourth   District — Mrs.  Lyman    Chalkley, 
Brittling     Apts.,     Lexington.     (Office) 
Herald  Bldg.  . 
Eighth  District — Mrs.  Donald  McDonald, 

1440  St.  James  Court,  Louisville. 
Louisiana 
Sixth  District — Mrs.  Lawrence  Williams, 

4  Everett  Place,  New  Orleans. 
Eleventh  District— Mrs.  E.  H.  Randolph, 

Shreveport. 

Maim— Mrs.  John  F.  Hill,  284  Beacon  St., 
Boston,  Mass.  (Office)  c.  o.  Mrs.  Grace 
A.  Wing,  202  Summer  St.,  Auburn. 
Maryland — Mrs.  Sydney  M.  Cone,  2326 
Eutaw  Place,  Baltimore.  (Office)  Lib- 
erty Loan  Headquarters,  Guilford  Ave.  and 
Fayette  St. 

Massachusetts — Mrs.   Barrett  Wendell,   358 
Marlboro   St.,   Boston.     (Office)   Liberty 
Loan  Headquarters,  95  Milk  Street. 
Michigan 

Seventh    District — Mrs.   G.   Edgar  Allen, 

1207  Kresge  Bldg.,  Detroit. 
Ninth  District — Mrs.  Charlotte  Hamilton, 

328  E.  Portage  St.,  Sault  Ste.  Marie. 
Minnesota — Mrs.  Archibald  MacLaren,  412 
Holly  Ave.,  St.  Paul.     (Office)  914  Lowry 
Bldg. 

Mississippi 
Sixth  District— Mrs.  R.  L.  McLaurin,  1905 

Clay  St.,  Vicksburg. 
Eighth    District — Mrs.    Edmund    Taylor, 

Greenville. 
Missouri 

Eighth  District — Mrs.  William  T.  Dono- 
van, St.  Louis.  (Office)  210  N.  Broad- 
way. 

Tenth  District— Mrs.  Albert  B.  Bates,  St. 
Regis  Hotel,  Kansas  City.  (Office)  330 
Gates  Bldg. 

Montana— Mrs.  W.  W.  McDowell,  1  S.  Ex- 
celsior Ave.,  Butte.  (Office)  45  East 
Broadway. 

VICE    CHAIRMAN 

Mrs.    F.    S.    Lusk,    1011    Gerald    Ave., 

Missoula. 

Nebraska— Mrs.  A.  G.  Peterson,  1217  Ninth 
St.,  Aurora. 

Nevada— Mrs.  S.  W.  Belford,  719  Humboldt 

St.,  Reno. 
New  Hampshire 
New  Jersey 

Second  District— Mrs.  H.  O.  Wittpenn,  125 
Kensington,  Ave.,  Jersey  City.   (Office) 
Wiss  Bldg.,  671  Broad  St.,  Newark. 
Third    District — Miss    Anne    Mcllvaine, 
Trenton.     (Office)  154  West  State  St. 


New  Mexico 

Tenth  District — Mrs.  Francis  Wilson.  Santa 
Fe. 

Eleventh     District — Mrs.     Earl     George, 

Tucumcari. 
New  York— Mrs.  John  Pratt,  120  Broadway, 

New  York  City. 

North  Carolina — Mrs.  John  A.  Long.Kinston. 
North  Dakota — Miss  Minnie  Nielson,  State 

Capitol,  Bismarck. 
Ohio— Mrs.  M.  N.  Stanley,  10  Radcliffe  Rd., 

Dayton.     (Office)  816  Reibold  Bldg. 
Oregon — Mrs.  Sarah  Evans,  No.  15  Keeler 

Apts.,  Portland. 
Oklahoma 

Tenth  District — Mrs.  Hugh  Johnson,  Hotel 
Skervin,  Oklahoma  City. 

Eleventh  District — Mrs.  C.B.  Hall,  Durant. 
Pennsylvania — Mrs.    J.    O.    Miller,     Pitts- 
burgh.    (Office)  7109  Jenkins  Arcade. 
Rhode  Island— Mrs.  Walter  Peck,  113  Water- 
man St.,  Providence. 
South  Carolina— Mrs.  F.  S.  Munsell,   1824 

Green  St.,  Columbia.     (Office)  17  Arcade 

Bldg. 
South  Dakota — Mrs.  Ellwood  Perisho,  State 

College,  Brookings. 
Tennessee 

Sixth  District — Mrs.  John  R.  Aust,  Nash- 
ville. 

Eighth  District — Mrs.  Sam  Phillips,  Mem- 
phis.    (Office)  711  Exchange  Bldg. 
Texas— Mrs.  E.  B.  Reppert,  405  Slaughter 

Bldg.,  Dallas. 
Utah— Mrs.  W.  Mont  Ferry,  164  E.  South 

Temple  St.,  Salt  Lake  City. 
Vermont — Mrs.  E.  C.  Smith,  121  Congress 

St.,  St.  Albans. 

Virginia — Mrs.  John  L.  Hagan,  254  Jeffer- 
son St.,  Danville. 
Washington — Mrs.    Overton    G.    Ellis,    611 

North  G  St.,  Tacoma.     (Office)  602  Na- 
tional  Bank   of  Tacoma   Bldg. 
West  Virginia — 

FourtkDistrict-Mrs.  S.  M.  Noyes,  Wheeling. 

Fifth  District — Mrs.  George  Poffenbarger, 
1607     Lee     St.,     Charleston.     (Office) 
State  Capitol. 
Wisconsin 

Seventh  District — Mrs.  John  A.  Mariner, 
70  Prospect  Ave.,  Milwaukee.  (Office) 
428  Milwaukee  St. 

Ninth  District— Mrs.  Edward  Porter,  Cor- 
nell. 
Wyoming — Mrs.  T.  S.  Taliaferro,  106  Cedar 

Street,  Rock  Springs. 
France — Miss    Clara   Greacen,    2    Rue    des 

Italians,  Paris,     c.   o.  Asst.  Comptroller, 

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